An interface for enabling a user to quickly access contact information and
contact-centric tasks is displayed when an appropriate request for a
contact card associated with a contact is received. The contact card
displays contact information corresponding with the contact as well as
contact-centric tasks that may be engaged in between the client computing
system and the computing system of the contact. The list of
contact-centric tasks is organized according to predetermined criteria,
such as whether the contact-centric task is associated with an
application that has provided contact information to the client computing
system and whether the contact is a member of a group utilizing a
contact-centric task. The contact card may also include an object
comprising a type-in line for launching communication with the contact.