Last Updated on November 29, 2019 by Christopher G Mendla
I started using Google Contacts to sync Outlook with my phone.. That part works pretty well.
I decided to go to the new Google Contacts web interface and categorize my contacts by using labels. First of all, the interface to do that could be a LOT better than it is.
While I was working, I accidentally deleted a contact. Ruh Roh.. There is no easy way to undo the deletion of a single contact.. Google supposedly hires the best developers in the world and THIS is the best they can do??
The following applies to the new version of Google Contact (~ May 2017)
If you expand MORE on the left you will see
Ok, that looks promising.
However, here is the dialog you get.
Ok , just freaking great Google.. I’ve been working for an hour so I may wipe out a lot of other work trying to restore one record. I can use custom and try to GUESS how long ago I deleted the record.
If I were grading this system as a professor, I’d give the student a C- at best with a note “Please re-read the sections on user interfaces”
I guess I should look to see if there are any third party apps that would allow me to safely manage my Google contacts.