Yep, problem is definitely confirmed to be the theme. I switched off my theme, iFox as well, and went back to the default. Things are running smoothly now! Hopefully this can be fixed in future builds, I had become quite accustomed to iFox
On Jan 3, 9:48 pm, "Kirk M" <[email protected]> wrote: > Never thought of the theme choking down Gears since I've > always used the Firefox default (never been a big one on > themes). Glad you found the problem, Joe. > > From: Joe Murphy > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 8:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [gears-users] Re: Gears not working with my Firefox > 3.0.5 browser > > I worked it out... > > It's the theme!!! Change back to the default theme that comes > with Firefox 3.0.5 and all works normal lol. I thought it was > the particular theme I was using (iFox Smooth) but I had > another one on there and that froze everything up as well. So > unless you got a theme there Kirk that doesn't interfere then > I think I found the culprit. > > YAY! > > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Joe Murphy > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well I opened Google Docs and clicked on the 'Offline' link up > top and hit accept in the popup box. It didn't freeze and let > me sync my docs. I closed firefox down and restarted it and in > the docs page it has the green tick there instead of the > offline link confirming it was all good and working. > > If was after that when I installed the other add-ons. I opened > up docs and checked it again and all was good even with the > other add-ons installed and running. It was only when I > clicked on Tools/Gears Settings that it locked up just like it > did before. I shut firefox down through task mananger, > restarted it and now my docs page is back to the offline link > again instead of the green tick. If I click on it and accept > the box it freezes again just like it has always done since I > can remember. Back to square one. :( > > Any ideas? > > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Kirk M <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Clicking on "Tools/Gears settings" brings up the Gears dialog > box with a list of my Gears enabled WordPress powered sites. I > don't run "Foxmarks" though. Had you already added Foxmarks > when it locked up? > > From: Joe Murphy > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 6:30 PM > > To: [email protected] > Subject: [gears-users] Re: Gears not working with my Firefox > 3.0.5 browser > > Doh! Now it's frozen again! > > I went into gears settings in firefox and it froze again. I > shut it down and rebooted and now I'm back to where I started > again. :( > > Kirk can you try click on Tools/Gears Settings and tell me > what happens? > > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Joe Murphy > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kirk you genius, creating a fresh new profile did the trick! > I'll try enabling all my add-ons and see if it still works... > > Yep all good. Thanks so much. I hope everyone else is reading > this. > > For all those wondering how to create a new profile in Vista > or XP click on the link below... > > http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing+profiles#Starting_the_Pr... > > Thanks again Kirk, you've made my day! > > God bless > Jad > > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Kirk M <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Did you try Firefox on a new profile? Also, have you cleared > Firefox's cache? If not, try clearing all of your private data > and trying Gears again. If that doesn't work, try running > Firefox with a fresh profile and see if that works. > > Just thinking out loud here. > > From: Joe Murphy > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 5:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [gears-users] Re: Gears not working with my Firefox > 3.0.5 browser > > Ok I just disabled all other add-ons except Google Gears and > it still locks up (freezes). > > So it's got me beat. I have absolutely no idea what is going > on. > > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Joe Murphy > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wow ok thanks for that. I don't understand it then. I've never > got this to work for a long as I can remember. Even last week > I got a brand new notebook. I installed the latest Firefox, > Gears and some other addons and again it does exactly the same > thing. > > The other addons I am running are AdBlockPlus, > DowndloadHelper, DownloadThemAll, Firefox Bookmarks > Syncronizer and Tabmix Plus. is there anyone else here running > some if not all of these add-ons I have running here? > > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Oblygre > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm using 3.0.5 without any problems. Extensions: Firebug, > Logmein, > Dictionary and, of cource, Gears > Br > Olav B. Lygre > > On Jan 3, 9:46 pm, "Joe Murphy" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Kirk. So are you Firefox 3.0.5 at the moment? > > Perhaps it's clashing with another addon for us here, an addon > that you > don't have kirk? > > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 2:31 AM, Kirk M <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Gears has been working for me with Firefox 3.0.* with no > > > problems (WinXP > > Pro SP3). Just for info's sake. > > -------------------------------------------------- > > From: "Jad" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 6:43 PM > > To: "Gears Users" <[email protected]> > > Subject: [gears-users] Re: Gears not working with my > > > Firefox 3.0.5 browser > >> Has Gears ever worked with anything after Firefox 2? >> > >> After a few > >> google searches now I can't see anything with this >> > >> working. I guess > >> it's back to IE or Chrome until this must needed feature >> > >> for me is > >> working correctly. > >> On Dec 30 2008, 1:10 am, "[email protected]" >> > >> <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> I am having exactly the same issue as described below. >>> > >>> I have tried > >>> re-installing Gears and it seems to really not install >>> > >>> ever - and > >>> stays in the "loop" having me restart Firefox and then >>> > >>> load Gears > >>> again. > >>> When I click on Firefox browser menu TOOLS / ADD-ONS , >>> > >>> Gears appears > >>> but the OPTIONS link is not active. > >>> Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > >>> On Dec 26, 7:57 pm, jcast <[email protected]> >>> > >>> wrote: > >>> > Hello, > >>> > I tried installing Gears and the setup/installation > >>> > >>> > > runs smoothly. > >>> I > >>> > am asked to restart my browser which I do, but when my > >>> > >>> > > browser is > >>> > restored (after it restarts), Gears installer tries to > >>> > >>> > > run again and > >>> > install the program. At this point, my browser >>> > > >>> > freezes. I > am able to > >>> > see the add-on on the Firefox Addons list and in the > > >>> > >>> > Install/Remove > >>> > Program List but I am not able to run the program. > > -- > "Whatever is but might not be is dependent on what is but > cannot not be." > > -- > > "Whatever is but might not be is dependent on what is but > cannot not be." > > -- > "Whatever is but might not be is dependent on what is but > cannot not be." > > -- > > "Whatever is but might not be is dependent on what is but > cannot not be." > > -- > "Whatever is but might not be is dependent on what is but > cannot not be." > > -- > > "Whatever is but might not be is dependent on what is but > cannot not be." > > -- > "Whatever is but might not be is dependent on what is but > cannot not be."
