Right— Address Book compatibility is recommended since without it you risk duplicated contacts and/or incorrect name and street address data. FWIW, this all comes down to Google's choice not to store first/ middle/last names and street address fields separately.
For Gmail autocomplete, it should work as long as you're typing part of the first or last name; just not both. Thanks -- Larry Hendricks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://spanningsync.com On Dec 1, 8:20 am, Tobeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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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