The issue with background loading you're describing is documented in http://code.google.com/p/gears/issues/detail?id=796 . You can star the bug and you'll get notified when it's fixed. Best regards, Jeremy
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 7:51 PM, CorranQ <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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! >
