Contacts app is a nightmare on Tahoe.

[MareLuce]

I want a compact, no frills UX option.

I mighty have to go back to Fantastical/CardHop...

Check out the free versions of the Flexbits apps on the App Store!

You used CardHop at one point? What made you go back to default Contacts app?

 

[Bazza1]

I want a compact, no frills UX option.

I mighty have to go back to Fantastical/CardHop...

Check out the free versions of the Flexbits apps on the App Store!

I use the free version Fantastical on my iPhone (okay with stock iOS Contacts) and I recall trying it on my Mac (less thrilled and deleted) and Cardhop (ditto) some years ago.

But whatever Apple has done to Contacts in Mac 26 (so much wasted space and flickering), along with your posting above had me remember and revisit Cardhop again. Even free version so much better than stock mess. I'm gonna stick with it for now - maybe, eventually, Apple will restore app to stable functionality.
Or not.

 

[thebart]

I hope everyone in this thread is sending feedback. If you don't get them to fix these issues now, they may not fix them til the next UI refresh

 

[turbineseaplane]

I hope everyone in this thread is sending feedback. If you don't get them to fix these issues now, they may not fix them til the next UI refresh

Or ever

I honestly worry macOS won’t even be a discrete thing in a few years

 

[Sowelu]

If Jony Ive was still around:

"We agonized over every last detail whilst designing the Contact app. We envisioned vast, unused spaces, and a level of overlap that not only creates a bit of chaos, but also makes an underutilized space feel somehow cramped even though text seemingly disappears right before your very eyes, and I think we really achieved that here."

 

[MareLuce]

I hope everyone in this thread is sending feedback. If you don't get them to fix these issues now, they may not fix them til the next UI refresh

How to do this?

 

[thebart]

How to do this?

Use the built in app Feedback Assistant