Google Contacts 0.6.34b1

New beta testing for Google Contacts has started. v0.6.34b1 is now available.

The main goal of v0.6.34 is to address a limitation for number of contacts to be synchronized. The limitation depends on your contacts data; if the size of your raw data sent from Google exceeds the limitation of JavaScript's String object length, it fails to synchronize.

This version may little bit slower than the previous releases but it has ability to retrieve a lot of contacts.

Please test the beta with care.

Check and Send 0.9.21

Check and Send 0.9.21 is now available for download. It fixes a problem in recipient name removing, which was reported here.

I recommend all users who use the function.

Google Contacts 0.6.33

Google Contacts 0.6.33 is now available for download. One of main changes in this version is a synchronization of phonetic first/last names (yomi in Japanese), which is an important feature for Japanese users. See the images below for the synchronization. (the phonetic name fields may not appear in you language settings)

v0.6.33 also has a function to uniquify user mail lists by adding suffix, which has already worked for system groups. It will solve the problem in synchronizing Android contacts, which is reported many users. But, since I don't have an Android phone, it is not fully tested. Please let me know, if you find problems.

Other changes in this version, refer to the post I wrote for beta test announcement.


Phonetic name fields in Thunderbird



Phonetic name fields in Gmail

Tag Toolbar 0.8.20

Tag Toolbar 0.8.20 is now available for download. It newly has a tag import function. See the post for the detail.

I think it is useful for cases such as recovering tags from a backup, sharing tags other people, etc.

Have fun!

Maximize Message Pane 1.1.11

Maximize Message Pane 1.1.11 is now available for download. It fixes the following bug:

• Fixed: cannot maximize the message pane on vertical layout
  

Google Contacts 0.6.33b4

Google Contacts 0.6.33b4 is now available for download. It fixes a problem of group synchronization with batch mode.

Importing tags in other profiles

Tag Toolbar 0.8.20b1 is now available for testing. It includes new functionality to import tags, which is requested some users.

"Import" tab is added to the option dialog. You can import tags in another profile from here. Other profiles which can be found by the add-on are listed in the Profile list. Choose a profile and click Import button. You can also specify prefs.js manually if a profile you want to import is not found. Plus, you can import Tag Toolbar categories, too.

If no error is found in several days, I'll release it as a stable version. Please let me know, if you find problems.

Beta test for Google Contacts 0.6.33

Beta test for Google Contacts 0.6.33 has started and v0.6.33b2 is now available. It includes the following changes:

• Fixed: progress bar does not stop when connection error is occurred
  
• Fixed: cannot read postal address if postal address conversion is disabled
• Fixed: adjust group mapping setting dialog size
  
• Fixed: group names in the group mapping option are collapsed when a scroll bar appears
• Fixed: cannot modify system groups in batch mode
• Fixed: cannot change list name in interactive mode
  
• Added: sync first and last names
  
• Added: sync phonetic first and last names (yomi)
  
• Changed: add suffix to a list name if it conflicts with another list
• Changed: remove Derive first and last name from display name option

Before talking about Tag Toolbar ...

I've recently asked Tag Toolbar many times but some users misunderstood with the Quick filter. Quick filter is a functionality of Thunderbird. It is just a filter and cannot add/remove tags. These are similar but different.

Quick filter



Tag Toolbar (below the toolbar buttons)

Get before Send 0.8

Get before Send 0.8 is now available for download. It is the first stable version for Thunderbird 3. Thank you for your testing.