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Address books are a dime a dozen these days, so to stand out, a program had better knock our socks off. Free Address Book performs its duties as promised; however, we found its awkward navigation a big turn-off.
The program had a seemingly user-friendly interface. The design was very clean and professional-looking, with straightforward commands. But upon closer inspection, we found the program awkward to navigate. When we first launched Free Address Book, the window ran off our screen, so we tried to adjust it. Instead of resizing itself with the window, the page content ran off the page and required scrolling to get where we needed to go, which was a pain. Plus, when we clicked on the Tools option, we couldn't figure out how to get to the main screen. We finally found a close option by scrolling over to the far corner of the window. Clicking on the New command introduced a Contact Editor pop-up window. We found a few of the editor's entry fields a bit vague (we weren't sure what to enter as the "Identifier"). A Help file in the form of a link to a sparse FAQ page didn't do much to answer our specific questions or to describe the program's features. Once we entered our contact's info and clicked Save, our new contact appeared on the main page. The program does let you easily upload a picture for each of your contacts. It also includes tools for importing and exporting your contact info as CSV files, which worked perfectly when we put it to the test.
Free Address Book leaves a folder behind after removal. It works, but we recommend that you look for an address book program with better navigation.
Publisher's Description
From GAS Softwares:
With Free Address Book you can note the addresses, phone numbers, mobile, fax, company name, country, city, Web site address and e-mail addresses of your contacts and partners. You can easy print list of contacts and details of selected contact. Phone Book is absolutely free. Organize your contacts easy and fast. Portable - you can run from USB drive. Backup and restore database. Export to CSV file and import from CSV file. Creating contact groups.
What's new in this version:
- Bug: fixed printing errors
- Bug: fixed program crashed, after importing with filter
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All versions:
3.1 starsout of 9 votes
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Current version:
3.3 starsout of 7 votes
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"You can find a better address book elsewhere"
Version: Free Address Book 1.4.5.0
Pros
Imports contacts saved in CSV format
Cons
Does not show all fields when importing contacts
No uninstallSummary
You can find a better address book elsewhere
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"Great Product."
Version: Free Address Book 1.4.5.0
Pros
Very user-friendly. I highly recommend.
Cons
No cons as far as I can see.
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"Crap, I would not recommend tis product."
Version: Free Address Book 1.4.5.0
Pros
Absolutely no redeeming features, even if it worked it was a pain in the ass to try & import contact data.
Cons
Could not import contact info.
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"Great application - easy to use"
Version: Free Address Book 1.4.5.0
Pros
Ease of use
Cons
It feels un-natural to have to type in the town prior to the street address - on several occasions I got on a roll and typed name, address then town and had to go back and make corrections
Summary
I'd recommend this!
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"So Far So Good"
Version: Free Address Book 1.4.5.0
Pros
Works like a charm so far with my OS.
Cons
Can't find any yet
Summary
It appear that my version of Win7 64bit does not come with Microsoft Outlook Express so I needed something and this serves the purpose so far.
Works really well with Win 8 64bit
Updated on Feb 24, 2013 -
"simple to use"
Version: Free Address Book 1.4.5.0
Pros
it's free but ...
Cons
had problems when switching from XP to 7, but believe it's a 7 issue even though I downloaded the 7 edition
Summary
depends on the number of contacts, okay if a small number but suggest you consider another program, even if you have to pay for one
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"Easy to use."
Version: Free Address Book 1.4.5.0
Pros
Has everything you need listed on one page.
Cons
Can't think of anything.
Summary
Real happy with so far, one of teh best I have used.
