AddressBook - why does Boolean search NOT work ?

Actually I was very surprised to find out from a customer's problem that boolean search really doesn't work correctly with Apple's AddressBook App. ! Unbelievable but true - try it yourself. You can type letters just like "abc" to find everything which starts with abc (it is like searching "abc*"). But there seems to be no way to search for something which ends with "abc" or has it in the middle (not possible to sarch for "*abc" or "abc") ??? Did I miss anything or did somebody at Apple miss the point ? If yes please do something about it !

You are correct. The search only works from the beginning of a word.
However, this isn't the proper place to "ask" Apple to make a change to their software. This is a user supported forum and Apple employees do not normally read everything (or anything).
Try the OS X feedback page at http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/

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