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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more…
I received feedback from two users who use Google Apps for your Domain saying that they cannot authenticate. The reason for this is a mistake on my end that only allowed Google Accounts (ending in gmail.com). I believe I have Read more…
I have finished adding support for synchronizing Thunderbird’s mail lists and Google’s contact groups in gContactSync. It can do everything one would expect, such as reflecting changes in the contacts contained within groups, add/remove groups, etc. except if you rename Read more…