thanks for the useful hint!
On 17 Jul., 18:06, Kirk M <[email protected]> wrote: > It actually is, after a fashion. You can either install the Nightly > Tester Tools extension via the Add-on Manager and use the "Override all > compatibility" button to re-enable Gears (tested this myself...works > fine) or Go into “about:config” and set *extensions.checkCompatibility* > to *False* and restart the browser (this also works just fine). Just > remember to set it back to *True* when Gears is finally updated. > Forgetting to do this may cause a bit of future havoc if you happen to > install an extension that’s /not/ actually compatible. > > On 07/17/2009 11:20 AM, NHLfan wrote: > > > Ok, Firefox 3.5.1 released, and gears is not compatible with that > > version... > > > the same game... > > > On 14 Jul., 21:51, Kirk M<[email protected]> wrote: > > >> For official builds and if you're using Windows you have to uninstall > >> Gears using Windows Add/Remove Programs in XP (Vista and Windows 7 call > >> it something else but it serves the same function). For the developer's > >> build (0.5.25.0) of Gears that was recently offered on this Group, it > >> can be installed via Firefox's Add-ons Manager. For Ubuntu or other > >> Linux distro, Gears is also uninstalled via Firefox's Add-on Manager. > > >> On 7/14/2009 3:15 PM, Michael Tacelosky wrote: > > >>> How do you un-install the previous version? > > >>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Kirk M<[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> If you previously installed any of the developer builds of Gears that has > >>>> been offered on this Group of late (version 0.5.25.0) or you have a later > >>>> version that's incompatible installed it has to be uninstalled first > >>>> before > >>>> you'll see the installer (version 0.5.29.0) on the Google Gears home > >>>> page. > >>>> Otherwise it just re-installs your current version or no version at all. > >>>> I > >>>> assume of course that you're talking about the installer on the Google > >>>> Gears > >>>> home page? > > >>>> On 7/14/2009 2:51 PM, gription wrote: > > >>>>> Am I being taken for a ride here? I'm not seeing the installer? > > >>>>> On Jul 13, 8:56 pm, Luka<[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>> Support for Firefox 3.5 is now available. Just go > >>>>>> tohttp://gears.google.com/ > >>>>>> ! > > >>>>>> On Jun 30, 11:57 pm, tfreitas<[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>>> please people, patience > > >>>>>>> On Jun 30, 11:12 pm, Explorer5<[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>>>> Or imagine if Google put out a new version of Chrome and Gears didn't > >>>>>>>> work... Sounds to me like Google is trying to do what it can to push > >>>>>>>> users to Chrome. The fact that they claim they'd have to do an update > >>>>>>>> for ever RC is ridiculous, the whole point of an RC's is that its > >>>>>>>> practically feature complete and its to check for last minute bugs. I > >>>>>>>> cant picture each RC being so different that they'd have to do some > >>>>>>>> major code re-writing. > > >>>>>>>> On Jun 30, 10:57 am, Garret<[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>>>>> I just upgraded to the official Firefox 3.5, and Google Gears was > >>>>>>>>> disabled. Can you imagine of upgrading to Firefox 3.5 disabled > >>>>>>>>> Flash? > >>>>>>>>> Not a good step, Google. > > >>>>>>>>> Garret > > >>>>>>>>> On Jun 29, 7:13 pm, Jon<[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the response Aaron. Previous advice from Google in > >>>>>>>>>> searching this thread was that you updated for the RC. > > >>>>>>>>>> It's good to know we'll have it soon. It looks like final release > >>>>>>>>>> of > >>>>>>>>>> Firefox 3.5 is due in the next day or so. > > >>>>>>>>>> On Jun 30, 2:30 am, Aaron Boodman<[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>>>>>>> We're working on pushing out a new Gears version that support FF > >>>>>>>>>>> 3.5. > > >>>>>>>>>>> We typically wait until the official "gold" release of Firefox is > >>>>>>>>>>> pushed, because otherwise, we keep having to do new builds > >>>>>>>>>>> everytime > >>>>>>>>>>> a > >>>>>>>>>>> new RC is pushed. > > >>>>>>>>>>> - a (Google) > > >>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Jon<[email protected]> > >>>>>>>>>>> wrote: > > >>>>>>>>>>>> I'm starting to think we may see a new version of the Google Apps > >>>>>>>>>>>> suite (Docs, Gmail, etc) that support Gears supporting HTML 5 > >>>>>>>>>>>> rather > >>>>>>>>>>>> than a Gears release for a HTML 5 capable browser. > > >>>>>>>>>>>> It would still be nice to get some official word from Google on > >>>>>>>>>>>> what > >>>>>>>>>>>> the plan is here though.
