Social Zimlet on ZD 2 Beta 3?

[PhilcoFord]

I'm working on a Mac Pro using Snow Leopard (latest revision).

I have installed the most recent beta of Zimbra Desktop (version 2 beta 3). I have successfully synced with my cloud host and also connected a gmail imap account. ZD appears to be working properly, although not without some trouble initially.

No matter what I try to do to get the social zimlet to work, it fails. It either fails to install, or once installed it will not create an account for various reasons.

If I can get the zimlet to install, by manually dropping the zip file into the /zimlets folder, it will produce an icon on ZD the next time the program is launched. When I try to configure it, however, I cannot create any accounts. Twitter accounts result in an error fetching the authentication token (twitter: either the token has been used or the page has been used); Facebook authenticates and I can set permissions, but the account never shows up afterward.

Currently, however, I cannot get the zimlet to install no matter what. If I try to upload it from the ZD prefs, it fails. If I drop it into the /zimlets folder, nothing happens. And, oddly, there is currently nothing in my /zimlets-deployed folder even though the standard set of zimlets appear to be working properly and show up in prefs as installed. It's weird. I have tried several different versions of the zimlet too: the most recent in the gallery, several that were posted in threads, and the most recent version compatible with previous iteration of ZCS. None of them work.

I use twitter a lot and would love to get this working if it is possible. I am happy to debug if that would be helpful. But if this is hopeless, please tell me now so I can give up and move on to something productive.

[rrao]

There are bunch of (core) Zimbra Desktop bugs that it doesnt properly handle install/upgrade/httpRequests of Zimlets. We are working on fixing them.

Here is the list:

47116 maj P1 All jmhe@zimbra.com ASSI
When Zimbra Desktop pick up a newer version of Zimlet, it must do "zmprov fc zimlet" to clear old cache
48187 nor P2 All bugs_desktop@zimbra.com NEW
Localization is not being translated for Zimlet's panel items
48189 nor P1 All jmhe@zimbra.com ASSI
ZD throws NPE in Calendar for Gmail account
48367 blo P1 All bugs_desktop@zimbra.com NEW
Trying to install Zimlets via Preferences Throws internal server error
48368 blo P2 All bugs_desktop@zimbra.com NEW
Getting HTTP 401 - no authtoken cookie when a Zimlet try to talk to external service

[PhilcoFord]

Does that mean I should give up for now?

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by PhilcoFord

Does that mean I should give up for now?

I think that would be the implication. You can always vote on any of those bug reports or add yourself to the cc list and get notified on their progress.