Development was paused, hope to resume soon.

I have taken a long hiatus from releasing upgrades to the *2Gmail plugins. Motivated by the amount of feedback and emails I have been getting, I hope to change that this year. No promises on dates or features, but I'll try to put out updates that at least fix the main problems folks are having: Contacts not showing up, Aperture 3 incompatibility, etc.

I am considering what to do with the codebase for the plugins going forward -- if you have ideas please contact me.

New Version: iPhoto2Gmail v1.1

New Features in iPhoto2Gmail v1.1:
- iPhoto2Gmail now preserves EXIF and ColorSync data when resizing photos
- Users can choose Bcc or Cc when sending to multiple recipients
- The plugin now remembers the last used resizing and sending options

Bug Fixes:
- Fixed spurious error messages that some users saw after successfully sending a message.
- Fixed compatibility issues with other iPhoto plugins that use Google's Gdata framework
More details in the changelog.

Known Issue: iPhoto2Gmail v1.0

A very small number of users are experiencing a crash when starting the Export function... this seems to be an incompatibility with older versions of Picasa Web Albums Uploader. I am working to find a solution. As a good workaround, I recommend users download the latest Picasa Uploader (1.21 at the time of this posting)-- there are no issues when running that version with iPhoto2Gmail v 1.0.

New Version: iPhoto2Gmail 1.0

It's here, folks: Version 1.0!
This 11th release marks the first 100% native version for iPhoto2Gmail. All of the code is now Cocoa, no more PHP or Java behind the scenes. More importantly, everything that was broken got fixed, and new features were added!
I want to thank my volunteer team of ace Beta testers for "puttin' the boots", as one of them says, to this release. They each helped me spot problems that would have snuck by otherwise. A big thanks to Jay, Jesus, Grant and James!

The nitty gritty:

Version 1.0 (10/21/2008)
- Contacts are now retrieved using Google's GData framework
- All-new native email engine based on the Pantomime framework.
- Fine-grained progress bar!
- Ability to cancel in-progress email.
- Special characters in passwords are handled properly
- Mac OS X 10.4 is now required.
- Misc. performance and stability improvements.

Update -
I'll try to put up a manual installer this weekend, for those whose iPhoto versions aren't detected properly.

If you have trouble with the plugin, please post a detailed description to the discussion group

I promise, new versions are coming soon!

I've had a bit of free time to devote to the plugins, and have several improvement in the works. They aren't quite ready yet, but I am getting close. Contacts retrieval and the actual emailing engine have both been entirely re-written. I am confident that folks will be happier with the new Contacts code, as it makes use of the new Official GData API and therefore should be much more robust. For those of you having issues with contacts, please hang in there a bit longer.

Since I have still been unable to purchase Aperture 2, I need some volunteers!

If you'd like to be added to my list of beta testers, please write to me at jils.i2g [A_T] gmail and tell me your:
- Mac OS X Version
- PPC/Intel
- iPhoto/Aperture Version

Thanks!
JI
UPDATE: I've got a good list of testers for 10.5, anyone with 10.4 out there want to help out?