I have released gContactSync 0.2.0b2r2, and you can download it here. The only changes are a few bug fixes, some logging improvements, support for Thunderbird 3.1a1pre, and a new link to the error reporting form in the gContactSync menu. I Read more…
Update: Someone else beat me to it: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/53145 As the author of a synchronization extension for Thunderbird 2 and 3, I get a lot of questions about duplicate contacts. Duplicates are more common than ever with the explosive popularity of Read more…
I have released gContactSync 0.2.0b2, and you can download it here. Current Features All the features of 0.1 Synchronizes an address book in Thunderbird with contacts from a Google Account (Gmail) Customizable Groups in Gmail are synchronized with mailing lists Read more…
This is just a quick progress update; I don’t have a new version yet. My family is coming to visit me (they should arrive in a few minutes) and we are going to visit my sister & brother-in-law so I Read more…
I made a Twitter account for gcontactsync updates – http://twitter.com/gcontactsync
New Website I have decided to make a new website where I can combine my blog, old websites (pirules.com and pirules.net), some content from my mozdev projects. This may come as a shock after reading my previous domain names, but Read more…
Anyone using version 0.2.0a1 or 0.2.0a2 of gContactSync in Thunderbird 2 has probably encountered a severe bug. It starts when you attempt to search using the textbox in the top-right corner of the Address Book window. It only affects Thunderbird Read more…
I would like to find a better way to receive error reports for my extension to help both me and its users. I have received error reports on 5 e-mail addresses (actually 3 and 2 forwarded accounts), comments on my Read more…
About Since I finally got around to learning PHP, I decided to create a quick and simple online tool for viewing your Google Contacts. It naturally supports the extra attributes that gContactSync uses (except allow remote content and preferred mail format Read more…
About gContactSync 0.2 takes advantage of Google’s updated and improved API for obtaining and modifying contacts. Duplicates are allowed which, combined with a rewrite of the synchronization code, provides a significantly faster synchronization process. The longest delay now seems to Read more…