Because they dont want to remove valuable developers from Chrome or other projects just to keep up with constantly changing Firefox compatibility. If Firefox had a stable extension API, we probably would not have seen this problem.
On Jul 17, 7:24 pm, Michael Tacelosky <[email protected]> wrote: > This install procedure is fine (well, not really) for developers, but > how about the poor users that automatically upgrade to FF 3.5.1? > > Why can't Google test against Release Candidates? The message posted > here before was absurd, something along the lines of "We don't test > against release candidates because then if something changes, we'll > have to alter our code, so we wait until it's released." (I'm > paraphrasing, but that was the gist, I think). > > I'm a huge fan of Gears, I think it's one of the most underpromoted > tools of the Internet, and with the ability to run full web > applications offline, it's ideal for smart phone apps. I have it > enabled for my Google tools, Wordpress Admin, and one of our websites. > > But a couple of things are shaking my faith in Gears. > > The blog hasn't been updated in a long time (the last entry reads > "Gears 0.5.21.0 Released, May 28, 2009 Posted by Ian Fette, Gears Team > In conjunction with Google I/O we're releasing a new version of Gears, > 0.5.21.0....) > > The featured Articles on the developers page shows articles from 2007. > Some of those articles reference tools and sites that no longer > exist. > > And of course ignoring a major Firefox release. Well, not ignoring > it, just not making it a priority, and ignoring the developer > community by not saying anything. How about a message on the blog > saying "We're working on it"? That would go a long way toward > restoring my confidence that I'm not betting on a dying technology. > > I can't believe technology this amazing looks like it's withering on the vine. > > Tac > > On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 12:06 PM, 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.
