The only thing that is the problem with using gmail compatibility mode (with me) is the fact that with the invisible characters it makes it imposible to search for gmail contact and/or use the autocomplete when sending an email (unless of course you paste in the invisible character before hand). I want to keep my iphone contacts looking nice so I guess I have no option I but to keep the gmail compatibility mode.
Tom On Nov 2, 11:07 pm, Larry Hendricks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stefano, > > Have you read the user's guide or the "read me first" document? They > explain the Address Book vs. Gmail compatibility modes. It sounds like > you'd prefer the Gmail compatibility mode. If so, turn contact syncing > off, then on, and this time select "preserve gmail compatibility". > > Thanks > -- > Larry Hendricks > [EMAIL PROTECTED]://spanningsync.com > > On Nov 2, 9:16 am, Stefano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I had (Address book prefs) but then I started over (twice) deleting > > completing all my contact in Gmail and let Spanning Sync to start from > > the ground. Still if I using Gtalk (from my iPhone) or Fring, I see > > squares at the beginning and at the end of each contact name :( > > > Regards, > > > Stefano > > > On Nov 1, 8:19 pm, Larry Hendricks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > If you're seeing the formatting characters then something else besides > > > Spanning Sync is or was syncing from Google to Address Book. Did you > > > have Google syncing turned on in Address Book prefs? Plaxo? > > > > Thanks > > > -- > > > Larry Hendricks > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]://spanningsync.com > > > > On Nov 1, 11:40 am, Stefano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Same thing here :( > > > > > Because I rely on Spanning Sync to sync all my address-book contacts > > > > across iPhone and Mac, I would enjoy a solution from the Spanning Sync > > > > team :) > > > > > On Sep 16, 9:35 pm, Paul S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > This was the behaviour I was seeing as well: Address Book wasn't > > > > > showing the sqaures, but iPhone was. > > > > > > I ended up turning contact syncing off through Spanning Sync and using > > > > > the built in Address Book <-> Gmail contact syncing instead. Seems to > > > > > work fine for me. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Paul. > > > > > > On Sep 16, 9:11 pm, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Unfortunately, this did not clear up my problem. The squares are > > > > > > not > > > > > > showing in my address book, but they are showing up on my iPhone. > > > > > > Any > > > > > > thoughts? > > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > On Sep 7, 11:32 am, cvkline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Following up to my own post, I was dismayed that no one had > > > > > > > addressed > > > > > > > this here so decided to re-mail it to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > support address. Within a few hours I had a very good response > > > > > > > from > > > > > > > Larry Hendricks, who pointed out that this is actually expected > > > > > > > behavior. > > > > > > > > When you first turn on contact syncing in SpanningSync, you get > > > > > > > your > > > > > > > choice of the recommended "Address Book compatibility mode" or > > > > > > > "Gmail > > > > > > > compatibility mode." There's a bit of a hint in that dialog box > > > > > > > that > > > > > > > says that in Address Book compatibility mode, SpanningSync adds > > > > > > > "special formatting" to allow it to better map the Address Book's > > > > > > > separate First, Middle, and Last name fields into the single > > > > > > > "name" > > > > > > > field in Gmail. It was this special formatting that was showing > > > > > > > up in > > > > > > > Outlook and on my WM phone. > > > > > > > > Larry told me that the characters SpanningSync inserts are > > > > > > > defined in > > > > > > > Unicode as invisible, so nothing SHOULD be displaying them. > > > > > > > However, > > > > > > > either Oggsync is mistranslating them when copying them over to > > > > > > > Exchange, or Outlook and Windows Mobile are incorrectly displaying > > > > > > > these "defined as invisible" characters. > > > > > > > > In my case, since I'm not too worried about mangled or mismerged > > > > > > >contacts(I never addcontactsin Gmail, I manage it all in the Mac > > > > > > > Address Book) I just changed to the "Gmail compatibility mode", > > > > > > > selected "Replace all data onGoogle" in the Advanced section, and > > > > > > > pushed mycontactsout toGoogleagain. Naturally, now without the > > > > > > > special formatting, Oggsync pushed them out to Exchange without > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > annoying extra characters in the display. > > > > > > > > I was careful to reset Oggsync's contact sync to do a one-way sync > > > > > > > from Gmail to Exchange, to avoid possible duplication of all my > > > > > > >contacts(one set without the extra characters, and one with)... > > > > > > > anyone following my footsteps here should think very carefully > > > > > > > about > > > > > > > the sync process to be sure nothing annoying happens. > > > > > > > > In any event, I am happy again, and thanks again to Larry > > > > > > > Hendricks > > > > > > > for the quick and informative answer. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Spanning Sync" group. 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