{"id":279,"date":"2013-10-02T19:18:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T02:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux\/?p=279"},"modified":"2022-01-28T16:17:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T00:17:33","slug":"ios-7-make-messages-stop-using-nicknames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux\/ios-7-make-messages-stop-using-nicknames","title":{"rendered":"iOS 7: Make Messages Stop Using Nicknames"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"hidden wp-block-heading\">iOS 7: Make Messages Stop Using Nicknames<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"443\" src=\"http:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/01\/iOS7-Messages-nickname-settings-focused-2013-10-02-180414-v2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/01\/iOS7-Messages-nickname-settings-focused-2013-10-02-180414-v2.png 640w, https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/01\/iOS7-Messages-nickname-settings-focused-2013-10-02-180414-v2-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was wrong in <a href=\"https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux\/ios-7-first-impressions-ux-think-aloud-1\">my iOS7 First Impressions article<\/a>. There <strong>is<\/strong> a way to get Messages to use normal names instead of nicknames!. The answer is on the Short Names page in Settings &gt; Mail, Contacts, Calendars [look in the Contacts section] &gt; Short Names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux-2020-09-28-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2013\/10\/iOS7-Messages-nickname-settings-2013-10-02-180414-v1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux-2020-09-28-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2013\/10\/iOS7-Messages-nickname-settings-2013-10-02-180414-v1-200x300.png\" alt=\"iOS7-Messages-nickname-settings-2013-10-02-180414-v1\" class=\"wp-image-688\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Once to that page, flip the toggle labelled \"Prefer Nicknames\" from the \"on position\" (green background) to the \"off\" position (white background), et voila!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I saw this setting while reading an iMore article by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imore.com\/users\/allyson-kazmucha\">Allyson Kazmucha<\/a> on how to change Messages from using first names to using full names for contacts: \"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imore.com\/dont-how-ios-7-only-shows-first-names-messages-and-mail-apps-heres-how-fix-it\">Don't like how iOS 7 only shows first names in the Messages and Mail apps? Here's how to fix it!<\/a>\". The screenshot she offered or her solution also showed the \"Prefer Nicknames\" toggle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iOS 7: Make Messages Stop Using Nicknames I was wrong in my iOS7 First Impressions article. There is a way to get Messages to use normal names instead of nicknames!. The answer is on the Short Names page in Settings &gt; Mail, Contacts, Calendars [look in the Contacts section] &gt; Short Names. Once to that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ux-commentary-general","tag-ios"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/01\/iOS7-Messages-nickname-settings-focused-2013-10-02-180414-v2.png","rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/01\/iOS7-Messages-nickname-settings-focused-2013-10-02-180414-v2.png",640,443,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/01\/iOS7-Messages-nickname-settings-focused-2013-10-02-180414-v2.png",640,443,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/01\/iOS7-Messages-nickname-settings-focused-2013-10-02-180414-v2.png",640,443,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/01\/iOS7-Messages-nickname-settings-focused-2013-10-02-180414-v2-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/01\/iOS7-Messages-nickname-settings-focused-2013-10-02-180414-v2-300x208.png",300,208,true],"large":["https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/01\/iOS7-Messages-nickname-settings-focused-2013-10-02-180414-v2.png",640,443,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/01\/iOS7-Messages-nickname-settings-focused-2013-10-02-180414-v2.png",640,443,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/01\/iOS7-Messages-nickname-settings-focused-2013-10-02-180414-v2.png",640,443,false],"bdpp-medium":["https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/01\/iOS7-Messages-nickname-settings-focused-2013-10-02-180414-v2.png",640,443,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Edwin","author_link":"https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux\/author\/edwin"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/edwinli.com\/ux\/category\/ux-commentary-general\" rel=\"category tag\">UX commentary: general<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"iOS 7: Make Messages Stop Using Nicknames I was wrong in my iOS7 First Impressions article. 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