PhistucK, it would seem to be the case that Gears is indeed supported on (32-bit) Linux, but not on 64-bit Linux, at least according to the system requirements published on «http://gears.google.com/» :
«What does Google Gears require to be compatible with my Linux system? <javascript:window.print();> If you'd like to run the Google Gears for Firefox on a Linux (32-bit) platform, please make sure your system has glibc 2.3.5 or higher and libstdc++6 (Gears 0.3) or libstdc++5 (Gears pre-0.3).» But as you indicate, it seems likely that Gears will be abandoned in favour of HTML5. We shall have to see whether this will resolve the «Offline» issue, or whether, with the increasing prevalence of so-called broadband connexions, interest in this issue will disappear.... Henri 2009/12/17 PhistucK <[email protected]> > Gears is not supported on Linux, at all, as far as I understand. > There is no intention to support it on Linux in the future (HTML5 will come > instead, as dhw says). > Farthermore, the development of Gears was recently discontinued (or so I > have read), in favor of HTML5 (or Chrome Frame, I guess). > > ☆PhistucK > > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 04:46, mhenriday <[email protected]> wrote: > >> PhistucK, I most certainly use Gmail, and when running FF versions, I >> can enable the «Offline» option on my 64-bit Karmic setup, but when I >> attempt to do so on Chromium (currently v 4.0.272.0 (Ubuntu build >> 34555)), a message to the effect that email offline is not supported >> by my browser is displayed. This, despite the fact that when I click >> the «Read more» button, I am linked to a page on which I find the >> following (my translation from the Swedish) : «Gmail works Offline in >> all browsers that are supported by Gears (Firefox 1.5+, Internet >> Explorer 6.0+ and Chrome)». What's going on ?... >> >> Henri >> > <snip> -- Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss
