Test Release 0.1a2 Out

I have just released another alpha (testing) version of gContactSync with some bug fixes and a few new features.

New Features

• Mail Lists in Thunderbird and Groups in Google Contacts are now synchronized.  You can rename, add, or remove groups or add or remove the cards to and from them.
• There is a new preference for disabling automatic synchronization.  Manual synchronization is possible by clicking on the Sync button in the Address Book’s toolbar.

Bug Fixes

• During the first use, a directory named “Google Contacts” was made before the name was chosen.
• Viewing and copying cards from an LDAP server sometimes caused errors.
• Supporting Google-hosted accounts
• A few other small fixes

The transition from 0.1a1 to 0.1a2 – Important

You must take a few steps to move from version 0.1a1 to 0.1a2 since there are so many changes.  These steps are very important!

1. Backup your address books and Google Contacts again.
2. Perform one last synchronization and then rename the synchronized address book (Right-click it -> Properties and choose a new name).  Don’t update the preference for the name now or after re-installing the extension.
3. Close the Address Book window
4. In the main Thunderbird window go to Tools -> Add-ons and select gContactSync and press the Options (Preferences) button.
5. Click the Remove auth token button and close the Preferences window.
6. Uninstall gContactSync
7. Download and install the new version.  The flash tutorial hasn’t changed, so install it like last time.

Known Bug

When uploading a newer version of my flash tutorial on my slow home connection an automatic synchronization started and failed (status bar read Syncing…) leaving this in the Error Console:

Error: [Exception… “Component returned failure code: 0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE) [nsIXMLHttpRequest.status]”  nsresult: “0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE)”  location: “JS frame :: chrome://gcontactsync/content/HttpRequest.js :: anonymous :: line 115”  data: no]
Source File: chrome://gcontactsync/content/HttpRequest.js
Line: 115

For now, I am not sure what to do about it.  If this happens, try not to sync while uploading a file.  I was unable to view any webpages in Firefox when this happened.

Bug 413260 (Thunderbird 3 trunk build only)

It looks like Bug 413260 has nearly landed, but I cannot claim that this version supports the patch.  Parts do, but I have not tested many of the new features with it.  If you are using Thunderbird 2, 3.0a1, or 3.0a2 this doesn’t affect you in any way.