Contacts app with Default View?

The default HTC People app sucks incredibly hard. I have all my contacts in gmail and all grouped perfectly however I only want my phone to show the "friends" and "family" groups as a default view (but still have all the contacts in other groups available when viewing all contacts). Whenever I open the People app it just shows me everyone including business numbers and emails I rarely need. You'd think a custom default view couldn't be that hard to conceive.

What I want is an Contacts app which syncs ALL Gmail Contacts but allows you to choose which groups to show as default view.

Does anyone know of a Contacts app which has this functionality?
From my understanding the stock Android Contacts app can do this, is that right? If so how can I install this app on my HTC Desire (preferably without root)?

Thanks.