Version 0.4.0b4

Version 0.4.0b4 was released today.

You can download it here.  Scroll to the bottom and expand Developer Channel.  If you already downloaded a development version it will automatically update.

Changes since version 0.3

Features

• The first sync merges existing contacts and groups/mailing lists
• Postal addresses are synchronized by default
• gContactSync uses Thunderbird’s existing address fields now that Google parses addresses
• Added Postbox 3 support
• Minor Accounts dialog changes
• Added an option to sync only the selected address book to the AB context menu
• Prevents a duplicate master password prompt when Thunderbird is started
• Miscellaneous improvements to importing contacts
  • Contacts are merged when possible.  Note that most sources only have display names and photos, so gContactSync only merges contacts with identical names (or primary e-mail address for Plaxo).
  • Better UI for picking the destination address book
• Removed the “Other” tab on the preferences dialog.  This just caused confusion and I don’t know of anyone who actually used it.  The feature is still there, but only customizable through the Config Editor.
• Better handling and mitigation of 503 (Service Unavailable) errors.
• Button to clean up old contact photos (TB and gContactSync can both leave old photos behind)
• Uses the new chat fields in Thunderbird instead of adding new fields
• Website types are now displayed in the contact view pane
• Added a preference for a timeout for HTTP requests
• Added a checkbox for the TB preference to show chrome errors in the error console

Bug Fixes

• Treat infinite last modified dates as being older
• Fixed a strict JavaScript warning (no functional change)
• Support for empty extended property value names (Other tab of the Preferences dialog)
• Prevents a duplicate master password prompt when Thunderbird is started
• Makes sure that the dummy e-mail address is added to a contact if it is being edited from the mailing list.
• Bug fix for the preference to not sync contact photos (if a new Thunderbird contact had a photo gContactSync would add it to Google)
• Photos synchronized or imported by gContactSync will still work when gContactSync is disabled or uninstalled (NOTE – this only applies to contacts synchronized or imported starting with 0.4.0a3)
• Last modified date not set at the correct time, potentially causing a conflict on the next sync after adding a contact
• Fix for last modified date being updated when a contact is not successfully uploaded to Google