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Name: MoreFunctionsForAddressBook
- Formerly known as: MoreColsForAddressBook
GUID: {3e17310d-82e8-4a43-bd2f-7c3055bfe589}
Author: Paolo Kaosmos
Thunderbird 3 Build
- Version: 0.5.8.2
- Size: 142KB
- Date: 2010-04-22
- Compatibility: 2.9 - 3.0.*
Thunderbird 1-2 Build
- Version: 0.5.8.1
- Size: 148KB
- Date: 2010-04-20
- Compatibility: 1.0 - 2.0.0.*
Platforms: (not specified)
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FEATURES
This extension for Thunderbird adds to the addressbook the following features:

- makes available from the addressbook all the records of the contacts (ex. address, country);
- adds to the context menu some items to copy quickly the addressbook data
- lets you to edit a contact as new, from the context menu;
- gives the possibility to import and export a single contact or a list;
- gives the possibility to import and export in vCard and vcf format;
- adds an extra tab with the birthday date, the spouse name (from 0.3 version), the last modified date and the category (from the 0.3.5 version);
- possibility to modify the labels of the 4 custom fields of the contact card (from 0.3.1 version) and associate them with vcard fields (from 0.4.0.1 version);
- possibility to import/export the addressbooks in the native format (file mab);
- possibility to recover a corrupted addressbook or deleted contacts (from 0.3.7 version);
- possibility to copy the card data from the contacts panel, with the context menu (from 0.3.7 version);
- possibility to have a fixed width for columns, with a horizontal scrollbar. Note: with this option enabled, the vertical scrollbar could not work properly and you could be forced to use the mouse wheel or keyboard (from 0.4 version);
- possibility to edit some properties in multiple contacts with just one action (from the context menu or clicking ctrl-0);
- possibility to search contacts also with "Category, Notes, BirthYear" fields (from 0.4.1 version);
- possibility to associate a photo to contact (from 0.5 version - EXPERIMENTAL);
- option to have phone numbers like "callto" links (from 0.5 version);

IMPORT/EXPORT FEATURES
From the 0.3.4 version you can manage the import/export functions also from Tools --> Actions (for contacts, lists, addressbooks).

For import/export you can use a text file, with a own format generated by the extension, with "thm" extension (for lists) and "tha" extension (for contacts), or you can use the vCard format (just for contacts).

The vCard format is a standard one and so it's more adapt to exchange informations with others applications; the "tha" format is more useful if you must copy contacts from Thunderbird to Thunderbird.

The exported file has the name of the list or the contact, but the special characters (for ex. the accented ones) are replaced by the character "+". Anyway you can have the original name, choosing this option from preferences panel.

Opening a vCard from command line:
From 0.5.5.2 version you can open a vCard from command line with the following syntax:

Linux --> thunderbird -vcf <vcf file path>
MacOSX --> thunderbird-bin -vcf <vcf file path>
Windows --> thunderbird.exe -vcf <vcf file path>

vCard AND vcf FILES SUPPORT
From the 0.3.3 version this support gives the following features:
- open a vCard file in the new contact window (choose "Open vCard" from the context menu)
- import directly one or more vCards or also a vcf file with inside multiple vCards (choose "Import vCard/vcf" from the context menu or from Tools --> Actions for contacts)
- send directly a contact as vCard attachment (from 0.3.4 version)
- export a contact as vCard (choose "Export as vCard" from the context menu, after select a contact Tools --> Actions for contacts)
- export all the contacts of an addressbook or a list as vcf file with inside multiple vCards (choose "Export as vcf" from the context menu or from Tools --> Actions for addressbooks/lists after select an addressbook or a list)

These new features should allow to import/export with Palm Desktop and make easier the import/export of addressbooks from a Thunderbird to another Thunderbird.

From 0.3.6.2 version, there is also an option "Export as vcf (for Ipod)", that will produce a vcf file with multiple contacts inside, without blank line between them.
The import/export of large vcf files can take also several minutes.

The extension can export in vCard 2.1 and vCard 3.0 (default) format; can import both vCard 2.1 format and vCard 3.0 format.
By default the extension exports using, if necessary, the UTF8 encoding; if you want to import these vCards in programs that don't hanlde correctly this encoding (for ex. some versions of Outlook), you can choose from preferences panel, under "Format and encoding", the option "Quoted-Printable and native encoding" (present from 0.5.2.1 version).

From the 0.3.1 version you can modify the labels of the 4 custom fields in the contact card. To do this, you must click on Tools --> Labels for custom fields, in the addressbook window.

You can copy from the context menu the home/work address with the American format, choosing this option from the preferences panel.

PHOTO SUPPORT
From 0.5 version the extension supports also - experimentally - photo for each contact. Photo is associated with contatct first according to email address; if this is missing, according his/her name. For the moment, the extension DOESN'T resize photos, so I suggest you not use photo with high resolution, to avoid that program becomes slow.

CATEGORY FIELD
Advanced management of "Category" field: from 0.5.7 version, you can have a new advanced management of the field "Category". First of all, there is a list of predefined categories, that can be displayed clicking on the icon near the "Category" field. Moreover it's possible add/remove/assign one or more categories in collective mode.

If you choose the "Advanced" view in preferences, you'll have eight separate fields, instead a unique one; these fields can autocomplete the input, based on the predefined categories list.

For the correct working of all these options, it's necessary that categories are separated by the correct separator character (default character for this is the comma).

LANGUAGES
The extension has the italian, english, slovack (thanks to a Branislav Rozbora), portoguese (thanks to lloco), hebrew (thanks to urihart), czech (thanks to Ludek Janca), french (thanks to jojaba), polish (thanks to teo), spanish (thanks to chuzo), dutch (thanks to markh), german (thanks to Team erweiterungen.de), brazilian-portoguese (thanks to Alberto Eidh), russian (thanks to Alexander LAW), hungarian (thanks to Mikes Kaszmán István), norwegian (thanks to Teddy), ukrainian (thanks to Brosalin Vitaly), finnish (thanks to Jiipee), turkish (thanks to Ersen Yoldac). If you are interested in traslating the extension in other languages, please do it through Babelzilla project.

N.B.
1) TB alpha 3 has added native support for "Birthday" field. To be sure about compatibility with this, it's important that the birthdate is insert always with numbers only.
2) When you import a contact from a vCard, a generic address is connected by default with the home address. If you prefer to connect it with the work address, select this option in preferences panel.

INCOMPATIBLE EXTENSIONS
SJCall (because of a SJCall bug)

WHAT'S NEW
Changelog 0.5.8 version
- fixed a bug with the birthdate on TB3;
- capability to import vCards with every charset;
- possibility to export in vCard format with a charset different from UTF-8.
Changelog 0.5.7 version
- advanced view and new features about "Category" attribute (see above);
- possibility to create a list from a search result.

Download 0.5.8.2 - TB 3

Download 0.5.8.1 - TB 1 & 2


NOTE: A modified version of this extension does not work properly in Spicebird. When editing a contact, the extension works fine so long as you do not click on the birthdate link. If you do, you cannot save changes to the contact.


BUMPED VERSION

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Here is a bumped version for later versions of Thunderbird 3.

Name: MoreFunctionsForAddressBook
GUID: {3e17310d-82e8-4a43-bd2f-7c3055bfe589}
Author: Paolo Kaosmos
* maxVersion bump by: Seamaiden
Version: 0.5.8.2
Size: 143KB
Date: 2010-05-02
Compatibility: 2.9 - 3.*
Platforms:
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