Finally found the answer after four days of hunting: http://code.google.com/p/gears/issues/detail?id=856
But it's still not fixed online, more than a months after the original issue publication. On Apr 24, 2:12 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been trying to work through the Gears API tutorial at: > > http://code.google.com/apis/gears/tutorial.html > > When I go to "go_offline.html", the Status Message says "You must > install Gears first." I had already installed Gears. When I follow > the "Install Gears" link, it says Gears is installed. > > The demonstration works correctly when I "cheat" and follow the link > directly on the tutorial page, which goes to: > > http://code.google.com/apis/gears/tutorials/go_offline.html > > I have tried putting the files on three different servers I have > access to (one was localhost). > > I have tried it through IE, FireFox, and Chrome. > > I have tried renaming the manifest file (and of course changing the > reference to it in "go_offline.js". > > I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Gears (multiple times). > > I have looked very carefully for any typos, any funny characters in > the paths, etc. > > It seems if any of these were the problem, I would get an error. > > The best I can see, this happens at the line: > > if (window.google && google.gears) > > I have very obnoxious script debuggers, which scarcely let any > webpage through without complaint. They don't catch any errors. > > I'm stumped! Any ideas?
