Hi everyone...
I LOVE Thunderbird.... though I have looked a lot for an ideally sync-able or import-export-able GREAT open source portable-able contacts program....
Any ideas???
Much appreciated!!!
thanks
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Hm...
I think you can check http://portablefreeware.com/ for that...
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thanks for that.
I've been all over the place looking and haven't found anything cool yet...
still looking...
much appreciated.
I've also been looking for years, but somehow nobody has had enough pain to develop something...
About 5 minutes ago, Microsoft decided to delete all my contacts and calendar items off my phone for the second time in a year. It simply assumes Outlook is the master and when you sync you mobile which is the master, it simply wipes your phone!
No questions, no "are you sure?"...
The previous time it deleted everything simply because I deleted (broke the connection) between my mobile and my PC. It just assumes if you delete the relationship it should also delete the data.
Again, no "are you sure?" or "are you aware that...".
And this is why I and probably everyone else hates MS. It's not that they do not have the money to spend on QA or enforce simple safe programming techniques...
Anyway I hope you find something.
Regards
Paul
...but you produced a thoughtful and well-penned post.
And this is why I and probably everyone else hates MS. It's not that they do not have the money to spend on QA or enforce simple safe programming techniques...
Amen! -hea
I use Thunderbird with Lighting. Also have some add-ins. I sync to WM6 unit.
Thunderbird
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/
Lighting Calendar program plug-in for Thunderbird
www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/
MoreFunctionsForAddressBook
http://nic-nac-project.de/~kaosmos/morecols-en.html
BirdieSync
http://www.birdiesync.com/
(Note that BirdieSync is not free.)
I know you have a link to the person's website, but do you have any idea why it wouldn't be listed on mozilla's website? The person seems to have a lot of extensions made.
I guess I am hesitant about installing unofficial extensions. Though the birthday extensions that I saw browsing also recommends it.
Don't be an uberPr∅. They are stinky.
I have been using it for about six months with no problems. There are regular updates and been very pleased with it. You might drop the author any concerns about it. I think there is also a free program now that can replace BirdieSync but have already purchased it so no need to check it out.
Hi David,
Do you recall what the free program for sync'ing?
I tried FinchSync but did not like it.
My mobile is my master and I work on many machines which meant (pre PortableApps) that I had to sync to one master (my mobile) more than one machine/client (Outlook).
I settled on TBExport that gives you a CSV file of your contacts on WM6. However it does not export your calendar, nor does it export special characters like "ë".
Regards
Paul
FinchSync was the free program. I also used for a while EssentialPIM with a WM5 unit I had. They are just getting their program to work with WM6. The problem I had with them was no catagories in the contacts. Coming from Palm that was a big problem. You also have to buy EssentialPIM to sync. www.essentialpim.com At work they use Groupwise and do not put Outlook on pc's so I have to come up with the combination I am using. If the Palm Lifedrive I had was not so bad I still would be with Palm. They give you all the software without having to find it yourself. Sounds like someone needs to come up with a good GNU sync program.
Hi David,
Thanks for the links and letting us know what works for you.
I already use the mozilla products but because I did not have a proper sync program I still had to use Outlook in order to sync/backup my WM6 device.
The TB extension seems to work fine. What was interesting is that it picked up the birthdays of a contact list I imported before the extension was loaded. It must mean that TB imports the entire file but simply ignores the data (e.g. the birth dates) it cannot process/display. Clever programming.
I'll try BirdieSync and post back later.
Regards
Paul