sigurd-dev / thunderbird-google-messages-tab

Google Messages Tab

Unofficial Google Messages add-on for Thunderbird, it adds a button that opens a Google Messages tab in Thunderbird. Go to Thunderbird Add-ons page for download and reviews.

Installing

Open Thunderbird, go to Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions, search for Google Messages in the search box and click on "+ Add to Thunderbird".

Installing from sources

Download the repository, zip it, rename it to Google-Messages-Tab.xpi and choose install addon from file in Thunderbird.

In linux the xpi file can be created with the following commands

• git clone https://github.com/sigurd-dev/Thunderbird-Google-Messages-Tab
• cd ./Thunderbird-Google-Messages-Tab
• VERSION=$(cat ./manifest.json | jq --raw-output '.version')
• zip -r "../Google-Messages-Tab-${VERSION}-tb.xpi" *

This is really just a "rip off" of the Google Keep Tab where links and icon were changed.

thunderbird-google-messages-tab's Issues

TB115 Google Messages Tab will not open/connect/display content

TB115_GMT.pdf

OS: Windows 10 Pro, 22H2 x64
TB: 115.11.0 x64
GMT: 1.0.0

User had TB115 open reading and processing email.
Windows performed two background updates - Windows Defender defs, dotNET 3.x/4.x update.
User restarted at a convenient time, post update install.
After restart, user launched TB115 and three tabs were restored - Email, Google Messages Tab, and Google Voice Tab.
Email opened, as did GVT. GVT connected as expected, but GMT did not. The tab re-opened, but there was no content.
User has uninstalled GMT add-on, restarted TB115, reinstalled GMT from https://addons.thunderbird.net and attempted to re-open GMT. N/C.
User again uninstalled GMT, restarted TB115, then manually installed GMT from the .xpi file using the instructions from the Github page. N/C.
User can use Google Message Web in a browser when linked to a smartphone.

User is thinking there is something in TB's configuration for the Google Messages service that is now corrupt or otherwise wrong seeing as the only problem appears to be the TB115 based GM functionality.

Crash while try to open link

The addon crash while try to open link (unless I choose "open in browser)".

No button visible on tasks tab bar

Version 1.0.0. from 03/08/2021 installed via Thunderbird add-ons website.
https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/google-messages-tab
Thunderbird 78.12.0 (32-bit)
After installation there is no button to open the Google Messages Tab visible