Tag Toolbar 0.8.30b7

Tag Toolbar 0.8.30b7 is now available. In this beta, a transparency of the thread pane color can be changed. See the "Thread pane style" option, which was added in the previous beta. You can change it by either moving the slider bar or input value to the text box. The change is applied after restarting Thunderbird.

Tag Toolbar 0.8.30b6

Tag Toolbar 0.8.30b6 is now available. In this beta, an extra option is added: changing background color of tagged messages in the thread pane. You can enable this function by checking "Change background colors of tagged messages" in the option dialog. Background colors are changed after restarting Thunderbird.

I'm glad if you like this new function. And if you have any suggestion for it, please let me know.

Google Contacts 0.6.34

Google Contacts 0.6.34 is now available. It is the latest stable version. Changes from v0.6.33 are as follows:

• [Fixed] Thunderbird freezes when a lot of contacts are retrieved
• [Changed] Remove "Maximum number of contacts" option. You don't need to specify the number any more.
• [Added] Add hidden options to option dialog. See experimental tab in the dialog.
• [Changed] Change layout of option dialog
• [Fixed] If it fails to retrieve a photo, it also fails to get rests
• [Fixed] Fail to synchronize soon after installation
• [Fixed] Warning about CSS is outputted to the error console
• [Changed] Backup of Thunderbird address books are saved as *.mab file
• [Fixed] A file which is not the oldest will be overwritten when the number of backup files exceeds a limit.
• [Fixed] Wrong number of backup files show in option dialog
• [Added] Working directories are removed when Google Contacts is uninstalled
• [Added] Support the department field
• [Fixed] Duplicated contact is added when editing a card after adding it
• [Fixed] Unnecessary updates will be recorded when a list is removed with Batch mode
• [Changed] Change protocol for communicating with Google's server from http to https
• [Fixed] Ctrl-k does not work
• [Fixed] Batch mode does not work if "Load contacts at startup" option is diabled
• [Changed] Check formats of photos. A file other than jpeg, gif and png are ignored
• [Fixed] Improve performance of retrieving photos
• [Fixed] Improve performance of rebuilding cards and lists
• [Fixed] Some photos are not retrieved fully
• [Fixed] Thunderbird crashed while retrieving photos
• [Fixed] If a photos is remove at Google side, it is not reflected to Thunderbird
• [Fixed] A suffix added in order to avoid conflict of list names will be duplicated such as My Contacts:1:1
• [Added] Support birthday without birth year
• [Fixed] If only birthday is changed at Thunderbird, it is not submitted to Google
• [Fixed] Removing a contact from a list by right-click menu is not submitted to Google
• [Fixed] Changing a list name is not submitted to Google
• [Fixed] Adding a card to a list is not submitted to Google
• [Fixed] Modifications of cards and lists are not recorded with Batch mode after synchronization

It includes many fixes and enhancements. I recommend all user to update.

Google Contacts 0.6.34b9

9th beta of Google Contacts 0.6.34 (v0.6.34b9) is now available. It fixes the following problems:

• [Changed] Check photos formats (only jpeg/gif/png are supported)
• [Changed] Change default number of contacts retrieved at one request to 30
• [Changed] Retrieve only updated photos
• [Changed] Improve performance of rebuild address books
• [Fixed]Thunderbird will crash by retrieving photos

If there is no fatal problems, stable version of 0.6.34 will be available soon.

Google Contacts 0.6.34b8

8th beta of Google Contacts 0.6.34 (v0.6.34b8) is now available. It fixes the following problems:

• [Fixed] Duplicated contacts are created when you add card and then edit it
• [Fixed] Unnecessary updates will be run when deleting mail lists
• [Changed] Change protocol from http to https
• [Fixed] Ctrl-k does not work
• [Fixed] Changes of cards and mail lists are ignored if "Load contacts at startup" option is disabled with batch mode