I’ve just released the first beta version of 0.3.0. I feel it is ready to be in a beta as there are no known bugs other than some quirks with postal addresses in Google’s API. For now postal address synchronization is disabled by default, but you can enable it in Read more…
The first–and possibly only–alpha version of my extension is available for download. You can watch a flash tutorial on basic use and download it here. Please watch the tutorial before using it or you might run into problems. Remember that it is an alpha version, so there might be bugs, Read more…
After a little bit of programming last night (early this morning, actually) and this afternoon, I can now sync every attribute of an Address Book card that is visible in the Edit Card Dialog and then some. So, here is the most recent list of attributes synced from Address Book Read more…
Well, I finally finished adding offline support, so it will should work well offline. It just sets text in the status bar to let the user know the sync cannot be completed while offline. Once the user is back online it works like normal. Any changes made while offline are Read more…
I was attempting to change my sync process today when I opened the Address Book and was greeted with 925 new Address Books. In the end, cleaning obj directory and rebuilding fixed the problem. Strange, but at least my extension wasn’t the direct cause of the problem. I found and Read more…
The extension that I am working on for GSoC synchronizes an Address Book in Mozilla Thunderbird with Google Contacts. This is going to be a quick overview of how it works so far. This post assumes some basic knowledge of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Thunderbird, and programming. Basically, my Read more…