I've made some changes in the way that subject lines and messages are encoded in iPhoto2Gmail and Aperture2Gmail. I'd like a few non-English speakers to test out the plugins and let me know if the changes have improved the range of chracters that you are able to successfully include in messages without being garbled.
I have have tested with spanish accent marks and a few umlauts, but I'd like to know how it does with all kinds of character sets.
Shoot me an email or leave your email address in the comments and I will send you the latest beta build.
Thanks!
iPhoto & Aperture Plugins for Easy "Gmailing"
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
New Versions Released
iPhoto2Gmail and Aperture2Gmail have been updated significantly today! I am happy to say that both of the new plugins resolve all of the known problems with the new Gmail interface that was rolled out this November.
Highlights:
Both plugins have received an entirely new emailing engine that allows for a direct, secure, and reliable connection to Google's email servers rather than an HTTP file upload. (Lots of fancy words for "it works much better").
Another big change was a popular request: the "Email Sent Using..." shameless plug has been axed. This should help you bloggers out there that use the plugins to post pictures. No more editing posts!
Aperture2Gmail hadn't been updated in quite some time, so I devoted many hours to bring it fully up to speed with iPhoto2Gmail.
Both plugins have also been tested for 10.5 Leopard compatibility.
Enjoy. As always, you can leave feedback in the comments, via email, or in the new Google group linked in the sidebar.
Special Thanks to John Hansen for writing me a build script for my "Javas", and J. Austin for helping me test.
Friday, November 9, 2007
Patches for iPhoto2Gmail and Aperture2Gmail
I put together a couple of patches that should fix the problems that were caused by the recent User Interface changes to Gmail. I hope to bundle full updates for both plugins soon, but I figure this would help get folks back up and running in the event that I don't manage to roll out the updates quickly...
Download Aperture2Gmail and iPhoto2Gmail Patchers Here.
You can leave comments or try out the new Google Group that I set up and linked to on the sidebar.
Update: As user Ed noted, it seems that there are problems when sending attachments greater than 500kb or so (the exact threshold is still foggy and may actually be 1 MB). My wife was able to reproduce this today. Unfortunately, it seems the error goes undetected and the plugins will report that the email was successfully sent. However, they will not show up in your sent messages nor will the recipient get the email. I have not been able to find the source of the problem, but I am guessing it is also due to the current transition to the newer version of Gmail. We'll see what develops.
Update 2: I have tracked down the sending problems to a time-out issue with the new Gmail Javascript. The bad news is that the size of attachments you can send is entirely dependent on your internet connection's upload bandwidth. The good news is that I have been working hard and have completely re-written the mail sending portion of the plugins. I have quite a bit more testing to do, but I'm very close to a release for iPhoto2Gmail. Aperture2Gmail is a bit further behind, but should come up to speed soon.
If you'd like to beta test, leave a note in the comment, send me an email or start a thread in the new google group.
Thanks!
Download Aperture2Gmail and iPhoto2Gmail Patchers Here.
You can leave comments or try out the new Google Group that I set up and linked to on the sidebar.
Update: As user Ed noted, it seems that there are problems when sending attachments greater than 500kb or so (the exact threshold is still foggy and may actually be 1 MB). My wife was able to reproduce this today. Unfortunately, it seems the error goes undetected and the plugins will report that the email was successfully sent. However, they will not show up in your sent messages nor will the recipient get the email. I have not been able to find the source of the problem, but I am guessing it is also due to the current transition to the newer version of Gmail. We'll see what develops.
Update 2: I have tracked down the sending problems to a time-out issue with the new Gmail Javascript. The bad news is that the size of attachments you can send is entirely dependent on your internet connection's upload bandwidth. The good news is that I have been working hard and have completely re-written the mail sending portion of the plugins. I have quite a bit more testing to do, but I'm very close to a release for iPhoto2Gmail. Aperture2Gmail is a bit further behind, but should come up to speed soon.
If you'd like to beta test, leave a note in the comment, send me an email or start a thread in the new google group.
Thanks!
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Changes in Gmail Have Broken Both Plugins
Thanks to those that wrote in reporting this. I can reproduce it and I imagine it is the result of an interface change in Gmail. I hope to have a patch out soon.
Update:
I've located the problem and have a patch that seems to work. I will try to get new versions of the plugins out this weekend. You can read about the details here
Update 2 I have just finished installing Leopard on my test machine and have verified that both plugins fail to properly send emails. The good news is that the latest CVS version of libgmailer seems to resolve both issues... I still need to do some more testing.
Update 3 It appears this was not a Leopard-specific bug, but rather a result of Gmail's transition to new UI and javascript.
Update:
I've located the problem and have a patch that seems to work. I will try to get new versions of the plugins out this weekend. You can read about the details here
Update 2 I have just finished installing Leopard on my test machine and have verified that both plugins fail to properly send emails. The good news is that the latest CVS version of libgmailer seems to resolve both issues... I still need to do some more testing.
Update 3 It appears this was not a Leopard-specific bug, but rather a result of Gmail's transition to new UI and javascript.
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