Thanks Michal. So all what's left is getting the Reader to work offline on a steady bases.
On Feb 2, 12:17 am, michal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > this is my desktop-icon file looks like on gnome (ubuntu 8.10) > --- from shell --- > mic...@michal-c1:~/Pulpit$ cat ~/Desktop/Gmail.desktop > [Desktop Entry] > Type=Application > Version=1.0 > Name=Gmail > Icon=/home/michal/.mozilla/firefox/<your FF profile dir here>/Google > Gears for Firefox/mail.google.com/https_443/icons#desktop/ > Gmail_linux.png > Exec="/usr/bin/firefox" "https://mail.google.com/mail/"; > --- end --- > > I believe, if you create similar launcher file in your desktop > directory, it will work. > Just make sure you have correct Icon= path. > > Kind Regards, > Michal Šrajer > > On 31 Sty, 11:36, HeX <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks eryksun, > > > this actually helped a lot. Unfortunately the creation of the Desktop > > shortcut is just not working (also not when triggered several times > > via the offline settings menu). But this is not to bad as I simply > > created a normal bookmark in FF (I guess this is all that the Desktop > > shortcut contains anyway right?), > > > One thing left though is that the same approach does not work for > > Google Reader. I tried different > > URIs:https://www.google.com/readerhttps://www.google.com/reader/https://ww... > > ... > > > None of them seem to work. I tried to look at the localserver.db > > myself but didn't quite find a 'ignoreQuery' string for Google Reader. > > So perhaps if someone could point me also to the right Google Reader > > URI? > > > Thanks! > > /HeX > > > On 31 Jan, 00:08, eryksun <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I looked in localserver.db for the URL of the Gmail manifest, which > > > has the following entry: > > > > {"ignoreQuery":true,"src":"http://mail.google.com/mail/?... ","url":"/ > > > mail/"} > > > > IMO, the problem is they capture "/mail/" for mail.google.com, with a > > > trailing slash. Try loading "http://mail.google.com/mail/";, including > > > the trailing slash. This works for me in offline mode. > > > > The icon created in Gnome also uses the above URL. If a desktop icon > > > wasn't installed for you, try again in Gmail's Settings->Offline- > > > > >Other options. > > > > On Jan 30, 9:16 am, HeX <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > I just tested the awesome off-line version of gmail. The only thing > > > > that is puzzling me (and has for some time with the reader application > > > > too) is how do I get an desktop icon created on LinuX. Or to be more > > > > precise on Gnome. The thing is, once I've closed Firefox I can never > > > > access by offline applications when offline. Simply typing in http > > > > (s)://mail.google.com will simply result in a page not found error. > > > > > Is this just a short comming of the Linux version of the GoogleGears > > > > addon or am I simply missing something? > > > > > /Hex
