In Outlook, you can right-click on a name of someone who sent you an email
and choose "Look Up Contact" to see if they are in your address book. It
would be great to know if they are ALREADY in your address book at-a-glance.
I find myself always checking this to make sure that I have everyone's
contact information updated--I hate having to track it down. It's
disappointing that I have to look it up -- would be fantastic if there was
some visual indication (like there is in Hotmail online) if someone was
alread in your address book.

SUGGESTION:

Just to the left of the "From" name, put the little contact icon (File \ New
\ Contact) next to names that are recognized (search all the email fields).
This search process should be asynchronous--that is to say that the email
should be opened and displayed and THEN, while the user is reading the email,
the search should be performed. That way, the delay of the search (2
seconds?) will not prevent the email from opening. If the contact is found,
the UI is updated with the icon. Clicking on the icon will bring up the
associated contact in Edit mode.

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...tlook.contacts