Rated 3 out of 5 stars

by aaFn on Dec. 30, 2016 ·

Very nice add-on, fitting a big hole in TB, thanks for that.

However, I am hitting at least 2 problems when trying to import my address book from another aging device (Windows Mobile 6):

1) When importing from a VCF file, I get in the log the errors "2016.12.30 21:25:04:349 : Testdir : Erreur lors de la traduction de la carte de visite :
3.0 et 4.0 sont les seules versions supportées
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
N;CHARSET=utf-8;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:..<note: I suppressed personal info from the error msg>..
END:VCARD"
and so nothing is imported, although it seems to read it pretty well from what I can see in the error log.
This happens for each record of course.

I have no way to generate a higher version of the VCF file from my WM6 contacts application :-(.
So nothing is imported.

2) When trying to import from a .CSV file, unicode is not supported.
So I have to edit my .CSV file exported from WM6 in the Windows Notepad to Save as UTF-8 or ANSI.

Then I am hitting a bug when using the import as .CSV (after saving in UTF-8 or ANSI):
only 20 out of the 170 contact records are really imported, whatever effort I put in matching fields ...

Something is breaking the import in most of the records, and I cannot figure it out.
The error log says, for each one:
"2016.12.30 21:21:04:700 : Testdir : Erreur lors de la traduction de la carte de visite :
myArgs.template[j] is undefined" (repeated about 150 times)
"2016.12.30 21:21:05:331 : Testdir : Importation terminée, résultats :"
"2016.12.30 21:21:05:331 : Testdir : Contacts importés : 19"
"2016.12.30 21:21:05:331 : Testdir : Contacts en erreur : 151"
"2016.12.30 21:21:05:332 : Tous les imports sont finis"

Debug mode adds nothing to those details, so can't figure out what is wrong, and so I still don't have something exploitable.


And then, some features would really be useful to make this more useable:

1) In the import as CSV, when adding matching columns, have "Up" and "Down" buttons to move a selected matching column.
My imported source has more than 60 columns, so when making an error in the middle, the only way to correct is to select all the fields after that one one by one, pressing "Delete" for each, then correcting, then "Add" one by one again ... :-(

2) Synchronize the cursor in the two vertical boxes "Selected column" and the "Heading column" at right, to be able to verify which column is matching with which (again, remember my 60+ columns import ...)

3) Be able to add more than 1 event, besides "Birthday" = feast, and other or custom for other events to remember / signal.

4) Be able to add more than 4 custom fields (2 personal + 2 professional) in contacts, if possible.

Hope this helps.
Let me know if you want more details for the CSV import bug and how to get them.

And again thanks for the work, this look promising .. too bad I can't use it for now.


EDIT on 2/1/2017: I can see that VCF exports from latest Android phones (6.0 Marshmallow) are also in VCF v2.1 .. so this Add-on would definitely benefit from allowing to import at least 2.1 versions and not just 3.0 and 4.0 which do not seem to be so widely used.
All the more that standard Thunderbird address book does import those V2.1 VCF files.

So for now, CardBook does not allow to share a common address book with an Android phone, unless to use a convoluted import/export path through TB std address book.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (15.7). 

by Philippe V. (Developer) on Jan. 7, 2017 ·

Hi

for the csv import, the best is to use the gmail one then export as vcf and import the vcf file into CardBook...

1/ yes you are right, will add them
2/ good idea but don't know how to do... will search...
3/ 4/ difficult...

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

by Firefox user 4b9889 on Dec. 22, 2016 ·

Coming from SOGO cardbook is definitely more reliable. Over the years SOGO connector had so many issues with sync silently failing, mysteriosuly vanishing contacts that later reappear doubled etc.

This seems to be way better.

However, the interface decission to have another GUI and the old one still there keeps confusing users, even when I take time to explain it, a few weeks they happen to get in the default addressbook and complain their (cardbook) groups are gone. It is just very unintuative.

Similar there is no option when writing an email, to address it to a group from Cardbook contacts from the Email Composer GUI. You have first go to Cardbook, select the group then click "Write To". Again altough it works, it is unintuitive. Again so much, that even user training is forgotten after a few weeks...

Biggest issue at the moment, there is thus no possibility to forward an Email to a Cardbook Group. It just doesn't work. Even Coping the Contacts and Pasting them into the To: Field, one would expect the Emails to appear, but no, its a list of Contact Ids.

Thunderbird and the wish to synchronize Addressbooks across devices keep to be an ever so frustrating combination.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (15.7). 

by Philippe V. (Developer) on Dec. 22, 2016 ·

Hi

the contact sidebar when writing emails will arrive in january I hope... for the moment, there is only the email autocompletion when you start to type... for the list not working, I will test but for me it works...

Philippe

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by Firefox user 022650 on Dec. 17, 2016 ·

I am so happy to have discovered this plugin! It works very well with Nextcloud.

One thing I would like to see improved is bulk operation, and in particular with regard to the categories. It would be nice to be able to assign a catgeory (or several) to a set of selected contacts (or to remove assigned categories). Idem for other fields - like add the same value for country to selected contacts. This could be done from the menu, for example.

Another observation: when importing my contacts from gmail, all URL fields had a wrong entry, starting with "https\://", so I had to edit them all manually. Not sure if this is a mistake from geoogle, or a problem of the plugin. But again, would be great to have a mechanisme like search&replace all for all entries.

Keep up the great work!
Chris

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (15.7). 

by Philippe V. (Developer) on Dec. 18, 2016 ·

it's possible to add categories to many contacts by drag and drop... for the rest you're right, I will try to add tis for next year

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by GrayBeard on Dec. 16, 2016 ·

Great add-on! Easy to set up and works smoothly. Carddav support makes Thunderbird usable at last. The one change I'd like to see is an option for displaying the notes field on the General tab. All of my notes are brief, and there is plenty of room on the General tab.

Keep up the great work!

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (15.7). 

by Philippe V. (Developer) on Dec. 18, 2016 ·

in vertical Layout there is a lot of place for the notes but not in classic layout... that's why this is splitted into two tabs... I will think about this : vertical layout should become the default...

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by feldmaex on Dec. 10, 2016 ·

better than sogo! connection with google and gmx was not an issue..

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (15.6). 

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Firefox user f17f68 on Dec. 6, 2016 ·

That TB has lacked adequate/modern support for CardDAV-based networked-addressbooks has been a deal-breaker for literally YEARS now. I have trouble wrapping my head around why it's such a conceptual stretch that sharing calendars & addressbooks is a critical functionality & a basic criterion for adoption -- especially in the Enterprise, small or large. There's been endless discussion that it's "complicated & hard" and that there are "no resources" available to do it natively ...

Maybe so. But this app, and this one dev, have elegantly & capably addressed the problem. This extension works REALLY well for CardDAV support. Very much unlike the one 'other solution' that's out there, this extension works with latest/current versions of TBird, and -- most importantly -- the dev is incredibly responsive, interested in user feedback, and clever/efficient with fixes & new features. And a nice guy, to boot!

Sure, the extension will benefit from additional capabilities & tweaks; complete seamless integration in TB, and possible complete replacement of AddressBook would be great, IMO! I'd bet that there are likely internal architectural issues that could use some refactoring, etc. But all that's ONLY ever going to happen once an excellent, functional basis exists to build upon.

And CardBook, frankly, fits the bill.

In an ideal world, I'd love to see this become a commercial supported extension (cref QuickFolders for a working model. Or at least one that works for me) that I can point companies & colleagues at for a supported, reliable solution. But ultimately that's a decision for the dev; and making that decision in the 'uncertainty' around TB's future plans/direction is understanably dicey.

In the end, I just hope this extenstion 'continues on'. & to the dev -- simply -- thanks a lot, and lots of luck!

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (15.3). 

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Coolmicro on Dec. 1, 2016 ·

Excellente solution pour synchro des contacts Nextcloud et Owncloud (tout carnet CardDav), fonctionne bien avec le carnet d'adresse Gmail. Interface puissante et agréable. La seule chose que je ne comprends pas, c'est qu'il ne soit pas intégré par défaut dans Thunderbird à la place du carnet d'adresse plus que vieillissant.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (15.3). 

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by feuerbird on Nov. 29, 2016 ·

When I got in contact with Philippe this afternoon, I wasn't even thinking that there was a minor possibility to get my sync problems with a baïkal address book solved for… today. This guy is truly amazing: 6 mails in 2 hours and 2 trial versions to fix all my troubles.
Hopefully, other users encountering freezing problems after they synchronise with a server hosting baïkal (0.4.6) will shortly get the updated xpi as I could test it today.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (15.2). 

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Vincent on Nov. 21, 2016 ·

A great, modern replacement for TB's completely outdated address book, at last !
I only see 2 possible improvements : should become the standard address book in TB ;), and should use the same contact editor dialog layout as Evolution :).
Great job, congratulations to the developer !
Note : I've tested it on TB 45.4.0 on Ubuntu MATE 16.10 with 300+ contacts from a SabreDAV server.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (15.0). 

by Philippe V. (Developer) on Nov. 24, 2016 ·

may you send me a printscreen ? (cardbook.thunderbird@gmail.com)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by jmichelweb on Nov. 9, 2016 ·

Hi
This add-on is very well done and handy.
Unfortunately I cannot use it, because it slows Thunderbird down, almost freezing it. This occurs with only a few contacts.

I tried 2 versions of TB : 38.2 and 45.4
and 2 versions of CardBook : 13.8 and 14.5
I'm on Linux : OpenSUSE 13.1, Linux kernel 3.11.10

Thanks for your work anyway.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (14.6). 

by Philippe V. (Developer) on Nov. 10, 2016 ·

Hi

I'm very interested by this problem, may you contact me here : cardbook.thunderbird@gmail.com

for your problem, it is almost certainly linked to the Thunderbird preferences : Display/Advanced/Display/Show only display name for people in my address book

EDIT : problem is solved with CardBook 15.1

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Ben on Nov. 3, 2016 ·

Besserer Funktionsumfang und integrierter und fehlerfreier Sync mit z.B. caldav.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (14.2). 

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by kiv57 on Nov. 1, 2016 ·

Cet addon permet enfin à Thunderbird de mettre à jour ses contacts avec des services "récents" (Android, ownCloud ou Nextcloud notamment) sans aucun bug ni perte de données causées par les incompatibilités de format qu'on connaissait jusque là.
Devrait être intégré au code de Thunderbird, tout simplement!

Rq : manque l'abonnement ldap pour remplacer complètement le gestionnaire de contact natif ;)

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (14.2). 

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Marc7 on Oct. 24, 2016 ·

One of the most important Addons to migrate users from Outlook / Exchange to Thunderbird. Finally synchronisation of contacts between more devices using CardDAV got easy!
Addon is always improving (see changelog).
Thanks for your great work!

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (14.1). 

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by LHfirefox88 on Oct. 21, 2016 ·

Bringt viele Verbesserungen gegenüber dem Standard-Adressbuch in Verbindung mit Owncloud (via fehlerbehaftetem SOGO)

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (14.1). 

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Firefox user 9341ff on Oct. 16, 2016 ·

This addon allows us to synchronize contacts between local Thunderbird and remote owncloud version of contacts.
The Sogo connector does not work anymore, so that this one is mandatory!
Thank you very much for this addon which works very well!
Best regards

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (13.7). 

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by alde on Oct. 14, 2016 ·

Philippe deserves a big cake, and I'm going to donate you the money for it. Can you please add the NOTE field to the address book cards front-end? Thank you so much for all your love and commitment!

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (13.7). 

by Philippe V. (Developer) on Oct. 14, 2016 ·

Hi
thanks :O)... the NOTE field should be displayed as a tab... if it isn't displayed, add it in CardBook prefs (second tab)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Mathieu on Oct. 9, 2016 ·

Just wanted to add to the praise for this add-on: It's absolutely fantastic! Works like a charm, both as a replacement of the standard TB address book, and as a mean to use CardDav. A must-have!

I had tested it a year ago, without being convinced, but the amount of progress and development is truly impressive. Now I'm using it everyday as my only address book...

Congrats, and keep up the good work!

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (13.4). 

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by Cees Bakker on Oct. 4, 2016 ·

Tired of the issues with the address book within Thunderbird I tried lots of other software ( and destroyed my contacts Database in the process, without knowing....). Could not get it to work..... In the end Philippe pointed out to me that the issue was generated by NextCloud database. After manually correcting 135 contacts (Pffffff) Cardbook worked better that I expected. Get It Use It!

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (13.3). 

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by denk_mal on Sept. 29, 2016 ·

A really nice and easy to use carddav lpugin. I use it with my nextcloud server and it works like a charme. Only if you have a dark theme then the addressbook is not usable.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (13.1). 

by Philippe V. (Developer) on Sept. 29, 2016 ·

I've tried the "Dark fox" theme and I've no problem... may you please describe the problem on this email : cardbook.thunderbird@gmail.com

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by adduser on Sept. 20, 2016 ·

Excellent addOn!

feature request:
errormessage if connection via SSH not possible

connection to https://domain.tld/... don't works (without any error message), but connection to https://www.domain.tld/... works.
Both URLs are properly covered with SSL-certificate.

It would be nice to have a errormessage for this.

Thunderbird console says:
NS_ERROR_MALFORMED_URI: Component returned failure code: 0x804b000a (NS_ERROR_MALFORMED_URI) [nsIIOService2.newURI]
source: resource://gre/components/storage-json.js
line: 298

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (12.9).