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470 reviews for this add-on
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works great for syncing my contacts from my Android phone with Thunderbird! When I need to send an email, I mostly do it from my mobile phone. I don't use Gmail, but my contacts are stored in Google Contacts. Sometimes it is useful to have my email on my laptop, so I installed Thunderbird. It took some time googling and looking through extension reviews before I picked this one. After installing it took some more googling before I figured out how I could link the address book with Google Contacts, but it was just a matter of finding the right item in the menu. Thanks for creating this extension!
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (57.8).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
This addon is great, but there is a visual problem. Some panels are using the system theme instead of your chosen thunderbird theme and it ends up looking very weird. Example: https://i.imgur.com/VqnVIDG.jpg
This is happening in Linux but maybe it also happens on Windows, but since default Windows theme is similar to the theme of Thunderbird it doesn't look so weird on Windows.
which theme do you use ? I don't have this on Ubuntu... (cardbook (at) cardbook.icu)
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Un développeur au top, soucieux du fonctionnement de ses applications. J'ai obtenu une proposition de solution à mon pb en 2 jours (message envoyé le 28-03-2021). Satisfait d'avoir trouvé Cardbook, sachant que cette application demeure suivi et que chaque petits bugs pourront donc trouver leurs solutions. Bonne continuation. Jean-Luc
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (57.7). This user has a previous review of this add-on.Rated 5 out of 5 stars
EDIT: I have updated to 5 stars. The developer is very quick to respond and provide the information to allow this to work. That type of service is incredible. It is a 5 star product when it works. I'm thinkng that the latest Thunderbird update created some issues.
Developer provided a new .xpi that I could not get from Thunderbird. Surprisingly great customer service.
Prior review: Honest to god, why cant someone do a program that just plain works. 2 problems: I cannot add a contact - PERIOD no matter how many times I try.
edit again....it is not downloading current google contacts. very disappointing as I am running on 4 machines and now must look elsewhere.
It does not even sync anymore. I deleted and added again...no luck.
Also, as someone mentioned, I cannot scroll down without it going back to the top.
If these issues have been fixed, putting them out to resolve would help.
Hi
may you contact me by email : cardbook (at) cardbook.icu ?
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Center pane scrolls down, but instantly shoots right back up to the top. Not really usable this way...
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (57.6).this behaviour only happens during a sync... I should improve this...
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
The developer is very responsive and fixed the issue in just a few days with many emails back and forth to understand the problem. He even came out with 2 new versions during that time to resolve it. Very impressive.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (57.3). This user has a previous review of this add-on.Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Apprezzerei moltissimo la possibilità di unire i contatti duplicati (ne ho circa 90000) senza la necessità di doverli confermare singolarmente. Quindi, automaticamente.
Forse mi è sfuggita questa funzione?
J'apprécierais beaucoup la possibilité de fusionner des contacts en double (j'en ai environ 90 000) sans avoir besoin de les confirmer individuellement. Ensuite, automatiquement.
Ai-je manqué cette fonctionnalité?
yes, this functionality does not still exist, good idea, but I have to think a few on this...
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best vCard implementation currently available for Thunderbird, for me a must-have addon, works with Google Contacts flawlessly.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (56.9).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fantastic ! Thanks, thanks, thanks ! I have contributed and I will do it regularly.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (56.8).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
It to be very good ad-on, however, since mid of February it does not synchronise any more.
EDIT: After recreating the address book as described below by Philippe it works again. Thank you for your help. Now six stars again.
may you contact me by email : cardbook (at) cardbook.icu
Edit : try to recreate your Google address book into CardBook (right click on your current address book, "New Address Book", then second entry "Remote", then second entry "Google", then enter your email address, Click on validate, click OK to the two consent screens, then Next many times... once it's done, remove your old CardBook address book...
Edit : for the consent screen, follow the Google instructions, and finally click on the Authorize button, CardBook will close this window when the code is received so do not close this window on your own ;)
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works well, syncs well, use it all the time
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (56.5).Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Bonjour, depuis le 22 février 2021, tous les contacts que j'ai créé dans contacts.google.com ne sont plus synchronisés dans Cardbook Thunderbird
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (56.3).try to recreate a new Google address book in CardBook and if this does not work, email me : cardbook (at) cardbook.icu
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
--- update ---
Got immediate response from the developer on this review withe explanation about my errors.
Support can be found at: https://cardbook.icu/forum/ mentioned here (I'm sorry I overlooked that one going straight tho the start page https://gitlab.com/CardBook/CardBook mentioned in the add-on in Thunderbird itself).
So based on the response and support found at the forum I give it a big plus now!
--- Original review ---
Looks nice but makes a mess of all my contacts, removes birthdays and shows Thunderbird address books double (I don't know why). Since I can find no support or help here nor on https://gitlab.com/CardBook/CardBook I tried the following to resolve this:
1) Removed the CardBook add-on from thunderbird;
2) Restarted thunderbird;
3) Deleted all my Google contacts online;
4) Deleted al my contacts in Thunderbird;
5) Reimported my thunderbird contacts and address books;
6) reinstalled this add-on, hoping it will ask for my address books again.
Now guess what?
* All my contacts and address books still show double in CardBook in Thunderbird! No not in the address book of Thunderbird itself only in CardBook.
* And Thunderbird now locks up because it asks if I want to keep or delete a contact because it is not in Google anymore. Which IS a nice feature wasn't is so that CardBook is asking me the same question for EVERY SINGLE contact and not for the whole bunch of - in my case - 5145 contacts at once!
So with no explanation while installing, no support page available, removing birthdays from my calendar, no way to handle a large quantity of contacts and messing contacts and address books up in a undefinable way this add-on gets a zero for now.
I hope it will be better and more clear in the future because I would still like to use it after all... Thanks!
to let you know : all of this stuff is caused by Google servers... when you create a new event, a new contact or a new category with a unique ID, Google accepts these new objects then computes on them and attributes them a new fresh id... So when you sync again, all of these appear to new on the server and the ones you created are considered to be deleted.... this is not easy to handle... with Carddav servers, Apple, etc... you don't have such a mess...
What you have to do is only recreate a new Google address book in CardBook (And delete the old one in CardBook). Don't delete contacts directly. If this does not solve your issue, email me directly to cardbook (at) cardbook.icu
For the birthdays, everytime you change the event name, CardBook will create new events (as IDs are not reliable, CardBook search for names)...
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Picked up all my Google contacts. A recent update has also added Categories though it has not added all of them from my account...
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (56.3).first try to recreate your Google address book in CardBook. If this still does not work, email me : cardbook (at) cardbook.icu
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Wenn sich die Anzeige-Einstellung mal für die alle Adressbücher mit einem Klick auf "nachmane, Vorname" umstellen lässt gibt es 4 Sterne. Bisher führen sämtliche Versuche ins Nirvan.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (56.3).yes for sure it's possible, add the column "Name" in the contacts view, remove the column "Display Name", then in CardBook preferences, second tab, in the "Show Name As" paragraph, you may choose the format of the column "Name"
Ja, es ist sicher möglich, fügen Sie die Spalte "Name" in der Kontaktansicht hinzu, entfernen Sie die Spalte "Anzeigename". Wählen Sie dann in den CardBook-Einstellungen auf der zweiten Registerkarte im Abschnitt "Name anzeigen als" das Format der Spalte aus "Name"
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
awesome, would be very nice to have telegram/github links (and customly named ones) along with skype/google talk
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (56.3).Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great addon, synced my Google contacts in no time! hel page here https://gitlab.com/CardBook/CardBook/-/wikis/Adding%20a%20remote%20address%20book
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (56.2).Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Maybe it works, but how to setup it?
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (56.1).https://gitlab.com/CardBook/CardBook/-/wikis/Presentation
if this is not enough, contact me by email : cardbook (at) cardbook.icu
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I can confirm that Google sync resumes to work again if I set general.useragent.compatMode.firefox to false (= the default - I had set it to true before).
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (55.6).thanks a lot for the trick !
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Merci donc ce n'est plus une histoire de démarrage...
Mais limite à combien ? Pour combien de temps ?
Cela ne semlble pas très maîtrisé ni très fiable tout ça ;-)
Bon je pense que j'ai trouvé une autre solution...
Bonne journée
je n'ai aucune idée d’où ça bloque : j'ai essaye sur trois PCs différents avec différentes adresses email et tout fonctionne parfaitement. Vos contacts doivent être toujours présent après redémarrage et votre synchronisation des contacts toujours valable même si la synchronisation des labels dans Google ne fonctionne pas... vous pouvez me contacter à cette adresse : cardbook (at) cardbook.icu
Edit : trouvé, solution la : https://gitlab.com/CardBook/CardBook/-/issues/1172#note_512218318
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