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glc25
About me
| Name | glc25 |
|---|---|
| User since | May 25, 2008 |
| Number of add-ons developed | 0 add-ons |
| Average rating of developer's add-ons | Not yet rated |
My Reviews
gContactSync
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Buggy. Do not use v. 0.2.17, except for manual synchronization
this add-on DOES NOT synchronize contacts automatically as it seems to be designed for, because the login and password used for Gmail accounts gets lost, showin a pop-up all the time, inviting to re-login every 2 minutes.
If this MAIN bug is solved one day, maybe this add-on will be usable adn will work as any other add-on connected to Gmail.
Zindus
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
I just wanted to specify that this problem didn't occure just for 1 contact, but for about 10 % of my contacts (in a total of 127 contacts), so this problem is not trivial for me.
The only method I found after of 1 full day of searching for extensions on the web for Thunderbird < = > Gmail synchronization is still synchronizing through my mobile :
1/ Thunderbird Funambol for Thunderbird < = > Nokia E71 (SyncML with Funambol server automated by Swim on the phone)
2 / Google Sync (Mail for exchange) in Nokia E71 < = > Gmail
This 2 step process works in both directions perfectly (with no data compatibility issues) to conduct the data between Thunderbird and Gmail automatically (updating the mobile at the same time), but the bad thing is that the same contact data are exchange twice each time, consuming mobile data, but I couldn't find any reliable solution to synchronize Gmail and Thunderbird directly at the moment :-(
Zindus
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
I just wanted to specify that this problem didn't occure just for 1 contact, but for about 10 % of my contacts (in a total of 127 contacts), so this problem is not trivial for me.
The only method I found after of 1 full day of searching for extensions on the web for Thunderbird < = > Gmail synchronization is still synchronizing through my mobile :
1/ Thunderbird Funambol for Thunderbird < = > Nokia E71 (SyncML with Funambol server automated by Swim on the phone)
2 / Google Sync (Mail for exchange) in Nokia E71 < = > Gmail
This 2 step process works in both directions perfectly (with no data compatibility issues) to conduct the data between Thunderbird and Gmail automatically (updating the mobile at the same time), but the bad thing is that the same contact data are exchange twice each time, consuming mobile data, but I couldn't find any reliable solution to synchronize Gmail and Thunderbird directly at the moment :-(
Zindus
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
I tried version 0.8.10 in the following configuration :
I needed to maintain synchronization for my contacts between Gmail, Thunderbird, and my Nokia E71 (Symbian S60 3rd edition) .
So I used :
1 / Zindus 0.8.10 for Thunderbird < = > Gmail
2 / Google Sync (through Mail for Exchange) for Gmail < = > Nokia E71
While synchronizing in step 1, all contacts seem to be ok when transfered to Gmail by Zindus
But after step 2, contacts that originally had TWO words or more in first name field were splited by Zindus in first and second name.
Here's an example :
BEFORE :
First name : Ana Luisa (Vera Cruz)
Second first name : (not defined)
LastName : (none)
AFTER synchronizing through Zindus, the same contact appears on the Nokia as :
First Name : Ana
Second first name : Luisa (Vera Cruz)
So that while searching on my Nokia's directory, the contact appears as truncated in the results list, showing just "Ana"
I know the second second first name is artificially created by Zindus and not by the other tools or extensions indicated above, because when I do the same kind of synchronization without Zindus, it works perfectly and contacts remains the same through all the process.
For example :
1 / Mozilla Funambol extension for Thunderbird < = > Nokia E71 (contacts)
2 / Google Sync (through Mail for Exchange) for Gmail < = > Nokia E71
In this case, it works perfect, and the original data remains the same in mobile's directory at the end of step 2 ( "Ana Luisa (Vera Cruz)" and no "Second first name" field created on the phone's directory).
"Second first name fields" don't exist neither in Gmail nor in Thunderbird, so why Zindus splits artificially the second and further words in a "second first name" ? I never asked Zindus to change and corrupt my data ! :-( I just want my data to remain intact from end to end in a synchronization process that can be longer and more complex than just Thunderbird < = > Gmail.
So please, let the data as they are, if people want to store two words in the same "first name field", it's probably because they have good semantical reasons to store their data in this manner.
Furthermore, there's no way to easily specify or know the synchronization interval in Zindus options like in other similar plug-ins (that are also buggy for other reasons) altough we can find those parameters in advanced parameters of Thunderbird, so that when we close Thunderbird 10 seconds after having modified contacts, we don't know if the data are synchronized before Thunderbird shutting down, and they aren't updated actually.
The best source of inspiration for the improvement of synchronization schedule options in Zindus would be the similar options in Xmarks extension for Firefox, that are really perfect.
It synchronizes the data on Firefox startup, shutdown (optionnaly prompting) and at user's specified intervall, so that everything is clear for users.
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