address browser in Yosemite Mail - it's GONE?

does appear to be gone, when replying if you click on the to: field area there's a little + icon that hovers off to the right where you can add additional people.... you have to click it each time.... pretty obnoxious, but my guess is apple wants things to look cleaner... anyone with half a brain would want the address panel....

Here's my post from another thread on the same topic:

I have the same complaint. In Mavericks Mail, when you initiated a new message, you had the opportunity to customize the toolbar so that you had an Address icon. Clicking on that icon got you a drop-down list of all your contacts. You could then select multiple addressees and indicate whether you wanted those addresses in the To, Cc or Bcc field. That ability is gone. ***, over? Why take that capability away?

Now, you have to have Contacts open and you have to select and drag addressees into the appropriate address field. Or, you can get something similar to what we used to have by selecting on of the address fields. When you do, a "+" sign appears to the far right of the field. Clicking on the "+" sign gets you what looks quite similar the the list you used to get with the Address icon. EXCEPT, you can only add one recipient at a time. you have to click the "+" sign again and again to add additional recipients

Like I asked above. Why this change? Toward what end? (BTW, the little icon just to the left of the paper clip icon below, is what's gone in Yosemite)

I hope they simply forgot to turn it on and it reappears in a future update. Pretty poor QA... how do you miss something like that?

This is a great nuisance. In fact similar problem occurred after the last major change. However I think I have found a way around it (until Apple sorts it out - please!!!).

Open a new message. Then open 'Contacts' in the Dock. If then wanting to send to a group (as I often do) - select the group. Pick a name and then hit 'Select All' in Edit. Once the 'group' is highlighted - slide the lot across to the address box - 'To', 'Bcc' or whatever. Seems to work - at least until the Apple folks listen to the users.

Good luck.

I wish I could tell you the answer but I have the same question as everybody else. How this could be overlooked is just unbelievable. I actually was beta testing Yosemite and decided when I saw this icon missing to drop it and go back to Mavericks. I never expected to see this missing in the final release. I hope somebody wakes the flub up soon…

PS - in fact you can drag (I should have said 'drag' of course no 'slide') the list across from the group title - so you don't have highlight all the names.

I don't have any better connection to them than you do. I downloaded the beta when it was release to the public I'm not a developer.

Tech Rep told me to send a message to

www.applesupport/feedback.com

and detail the glitch.

The more that gripe the better,per him

I too was a beta tester and on each beta update I had hoped that this feature would return. I submitted it to the beta feedback on three occasions but it apparently fell upon deaf ears. Just hoping that it returns. I guess the question as to why it was removed would be "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

Excellent fix! Thank you, thank you!

"Excellent Fix",Nice try......

I don't think a work around with added steps equates to a fix,sorry.They screwed up,period and need to fix it.