karavite
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Well, if Apple really reads these, I'd like to say I am a little disappointed at what appears to be neglect to Sherlock. When this first came out I used it ALL the time for local phone numbers/yellow pages as well as eBay and movies. The latter two still seem fine, but what is up with the phone book? When before I could enter business names (general or specific) and get very good results, now I seem stuck with your predefined categories and it is not cutting it. For example, I want to find a high end stereo store in my new town. The field is labeled "Business Name or Category" but typing in business names (ones I know exist) no longer produces any results - I live in Philly so we have plenty of all types of stores. Other times I get just plain weird things that can only be bugs - the other day I tried a search for an electronics repair store on my zip in Philly and I got 1 store back... in OKLAHOMA!
So, if you aren't going to support the phone book please just dump it or decide to support it (in terms of its database and search) and do it right like you used to. It's a shame - Sherlock was, in my opinion, evidence of what a rich client app could really do and how such an app could be superior to the web any day (meaning html based sites). For example, I'm sure you could easily show that using Sherlock for searching eBay is more efficient than using the eBay site itself! One day, if you ever do give us little tablets or other types of "information appliances" a well thought out app like Sherlock will be essential.
So, if you aren't going to support the phone book please just dump it or decide to support it (in terms of its database and search) and do it right like you used to. It's a shame - Sherlock was, in my opinion, evidence of what a rich client app could really do and how such an app could be superior to the web any day (meaning html based sites). For example, I'm sure you could easily show that using Sherlock for searching eBay is more efficient than using the eBay site itself! One day, if you ever do give us little tablets or other types of "information appliances" a well thought out app like Sherlock will be essential.