I apologize for yet another beta, but I added several new features and would like a little more time to test them before releasing version 0.1.0. You can download it here (the tutorial hasn’t been updated yet). Sorry, here is the actual download. Just as a notice, I will be Read more…
While working on my extension and reading discussions in #maildev, I noticed Bug 13595 – Add Birthday Fields to Address Book is still marked as NEW but has a high priority and a lot of votes in Bugzilla. With the datepicker XUL element now available and some knowledge of the Read more…
On Facebook I’ve started to see and receive a ton of new spam from friends whose accounts have been hijacked. I went on one of the phishing sites and was amazed at how similar it looks to Facebook. I noticed immediately that, when I saw nothing (thank you NoScript – Read more…
The second and final 0.1 beta version of gContactSync is now available for download. This beta will probably not last as long as 0.1b1 did and there probably won’t be any significant new features before the first release. If you would like me to add a new feature, help translate, Read more…
gContactSync now synchronizes e-mail address types and screenname protocols from Google and shows them in the Thunderbird Edit Card dialog. The types and protocols are chosen through a drop-down menu. Valid e-mail types include other, home, and work and valid protocols include Google Talk, AIM, ICQ, MSN (Windows Live Messenger), Read more…
The first beta version of my extension has been released with several changes and a new tutorial. The manual postal address modifications of the last two versions are no longer necessary. Feedback on the new method of syncing addresses and the extension in general is appreciated since I would like Read more…
When my extension was written about, the reviewers and commenters all mentioned the onerous task of editing every single contact in Google to reformat the addresses. I have just finished some tweaking that will allow you to synchronize postal addresses exactly the way you want them formatted. It will be Read more…
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. Read more…
When I woke up this morning, I was pleasantly surprised to see several e-mail messages about my extension. After seeing the web traffic for my website rise from a dozen or so visitors per day to nearly 500, I discovered that several sites have written about the extension even though Read more…
I completely forgot to mention that it is possible to disable automatic synchronization until I received a question about it. There are two preferences that control this: Synchronize interval and Initial sync delay. If you want to disable automatic synchronizing completely, set both of those to 0. Alternatively, you can Read more…