My favorite contacts used to be listed to the left in the inbox, and mailing was a one-step process. Now, to mail a contact I click on gmail, then contacts, and a new window opens. Then to compose, another window has to open.
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Double-click the person tag that appears after you've entered the email address. You'll then be able to edit the name as you want.
Mousing over the tag shows the person card:
Double-click the card:
After editing:
Found another two options based on my answer to your first question:
- type
" " <e@ma.il>and hit tab/hit enter/click in another field - type and choose the email normally, then double click on the email+name block that Gmail creates and replace the name between the
" "with a single space.
The first version worked for me 9/10 times, I'm not sure what I did differently during the 1/10. The second version worked for me every time.
When it worked Gmail created a new block that simply said (e@ma.il) and in the sent folder it showed the to-field as e@ma.il.
Best Answer
Google is promoting Hangouts, which is now their default settings. You can always revert to the older layout. Look at the bottom left corner of your browser and click on the "Revert to the old chat" link
This will take you to your familiar layout: