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itimpi: In a smaller library you can quickly scroll up or down to the letter you want to find anyway... it is however a big library where by clicking the letter you can shortlist to the first letter instantly. All different first letters disappear and you can quickly scroll/find the name you are looking for. I'm sure it is much faster then the tag browser - it's instant and requires only one mouse click!

Yes, with the implementation of the method Kovid suggested you are limited by the column you've programmed to it. If it was something more advanced, it would certainly have some comfortable way to set the column you would like to list in Preferences...