Address book in Lion

I have not yet updated to LION for a number of reasons - basically because I am very pleased with Snow Leopard; and I want to wait until lots of the bugs are fixed in Lion (not that there are a lot, but you know what I mean…) OK but now I read somewhere that ADDRESS BOOK in Lion is much different than in Snow Leopard. Can someone comment on that? I need Address Book to work smoothly - and while some current features (like printing) are not especially good in Address Book - I am reading that the basic way Address Book works in Lion is different and that it is not like Address Book in Snow Leopard…
Thanks for any comments or guidance.
Best regards,
Steve Schulte
Saturday 22 October 2011

Its only the UI thats different.
Also, you should know that all the bugs have been cleared out (basically)

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https://discussions.apple.com/message/18390621#18390621
https://discussions.apple.com/message/18504818#18504818

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sharularity wrote:
Address book in Lion is terrible.
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entries =>
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entries =>
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>>>>>>>>>
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Any help would be really appreciated!! :-) Maybe there is a way to change the URL in a settings file somewhere???
thanks

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entries =>
0 : Connection = <CFString 0x600003228500 [0x7fff7a1fef00]>{contents = "close"}
1 : Content-Type = <CFString 0x60000345ea20 [0x7fff7a1fef00]>{contents = "text/plain; charset=UTF-8"}
2 : Retry-After = <CFString 0x7fff7a1f4880 [0x7fff7a1fef00]>{contents = "60"}
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Bette
Message was edited by: lopezbette

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polishedstaple wrote:
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