Why is the contact list taking up almost 1/3 of my viewing screen when I am sending an email? gmail is different and much better. With gmail once you click on who you are sending it to and click OK the contact viewing pane goes away leaving a full screen. This is a real pain when half of your email is shoved off to the side, Before one of the experts point it out to me, yes I know about the slide bar thingee but I still don't like it that way.