support for CardBook

[DJCrashdummy]

beforehand: your addon seems awesome and thanks for releasing your work as FOSS! :+1:

since the default address book of Thunderbird is pretty outdated and more and more people are switching to CardBook (support for current vcf-versions & CardDAV), is it possible to also support the storage-backends of CardBook? (...or at least any of it?)

i know it could be a workaround to transfer the contacts back (for comparison) and forth, but this is a bit cumbersome and really hard for causal users... not to mention the problems with switching around between the different vcf-versions.

[DDvO]

Thanks for your comment and feature request. I fully agree that the TB address book is to be strongly improved or replaced. Good suggestion to consider supporting alternatives. Will do when I have time, which unfortunately is not the case in the near future.

[DJCrashdummy]

thanks for considering my feature request!

btw: CardBook also has a duplicate detection on its own, but yours seem more advanced and mature. maybe it is possible to exchange code and collaborate with @CardBook (moved to https://gitlab.com/CardBook/CardBook) to "get the best of both worlds"? :wink:

possibly integrating your add-on into CardBook (at the latest if CardBook replaces the old TB-addressbook) may also be worth considering... or removing any duplicate detection from CardBook itself at all, and list the "enhanced" Duplicate Contacts Manager as "Compatible and complementary add-ons" can also be reasonable.

[CardBook]

Hi all

ready for all options :O) do not hesitate to contact me directly :)