I'm definitely having the non-loading background issue. It just stays at a blank offline page with no information on it until I hit refresh and watch the progress bar hit full. As for the themes, I haven't tried that yet but I might! I guess for now I'm just glad that my google sites aren't all down thanks to Gears anymore, but yeah, I definitely can't wait for all of this to improve :-S One of my clients was very into Gmail Apps Offline for her company up until one day when it all started crashing (around the release of Safari 4, even though she didn't download it), so I wasn't too surprised when she said she was going back to Outlook *cringe*.
Anyway, continued use has revealed a few odd bugs lately such as multiple drafts of the same e-mail being saved, all with different copies of the same e-mail and different files in some instances. And it seems there is some mild incompatibility between having Apple's iCal open at the same time as Google Calendar. It'll start syncing but it takes forever, and closing one or the other seems to kill the lag. On Mar 7, 1:48 pm, Wil <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone else notice that once Gears is installed (either Safari 3 > or 4) Gmail will no longer load in a background tab, and must instead > be activated? > > Consistent problem for me. > > On Mar 6, 3:16 pm, Wil <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I don't know, while you may be right in your case, I do think that > > Gears is having a much harder time with multiple tabs, but I suspect > > this might be Safari 4. I think the Preview Fetcher slows down the > > application's responsiveness, especially when opening several tabs at > > once and Top Sites. > > > Hopefully Apple will work this out. I wish they would talk to the > > Google people and work on building Gears in to Safari in a supported > > fashion (with a more transparent install/uninstall/storage system). > > These are 2 crucial portions of my life (offline email & web browser) > > and I would love if the companies responsible worked together a bit > > better. > > > On Mar 6, 10:25 am, CorranQ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hmmm, I guess it might be related to intermittent connectivity, of > > > which there's been plenty lately via my ISP :-S > > > > On Mar 5, 2:02 pm, baytiger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > The other thing is sometimes when I log into Docs, Calendar, or Gmail, > > > > > the "Offline" text will appear rather than the sync option. If I click > > > > > on it, it says it's installing the offline option and syncs again (but > > > > > seems to recognize it already downloaded everything). Is this because > > > > > of continuous dailies being set-up on the respective sites? > > > > > I too am often experiencing this on Safari 4 (but it happened equally > > > > often on Safari 3 as well)... > > > > > On Mar 5, 8:53 pm, CorranQ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On Mar 3, 6:40 am, Jeremy Moskovich <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > We've now pushed out a new release of Gears for Safari - 0.5.15.0 > > > > > > which > > > > > > fixes the compatibility issues with the Safari 4 beta. > > > > > > All current users should be updated automatically over the next few > > > > > > days. > > > > > > If you want an immediate update you can download the installer > > > > > > directly > > > > > > from gears.google.com or via this > > > > > > link<http://gears.google.com/terms.html?platform=mac-safari> > > > > > > . > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Jeremy > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 3:47 PM, deurbroucq <[email protected]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Has there been any official comment on this? A lot of other > > > > > > > Safari > > > > > > > plug-ins, such as 1Password, have already been updated for > > > > > > > Safarai 4 > > > > > > > Beta. > > > > > > > > Thanks!
