There was no way to know. It just stopped working, and when you went out to get support for it, it wasn't very clear what was going on at all.
And the Gmail documents still say Chrome is supported, so actually, as far as a user knows based on those docs, it IS still supported. That's fucking retarded. On Sep 7, 2:42 am, Amy G <[email protected]> wrote: > Wasn't it made clear a while ago that gears was no longer being developed or > supported in light of HTML5? I can understand the frustration, but it's not > like they just turned out the lights with no warning or explanation > whatsoever. > > On 6 September 2010 21:22, Johan Skaneby <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Agree > > > Mob +46702472882 > > > Aim/iChat : [email protected] > > > Skype: skaneby > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 6 sep 2010, at 20:11, ratherbebiking <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > WTF is going on with Gears? > > > > First of all, according to gmail : > > > > "Which browsers are supported? > > > Offline Gmail works on all browsers supported by Gears (Firefox 1.5+, > > > Internet Explorer 6.0+, and Chrome). You may be able to enable Offline > > > Gmail on Safari if you are running OS X Leopard (version 10.5) or > > > older, but this is not a supported configuration and we suggest using > > > one of the other browsers." > > > > However, according to the gears installation page, Chrome is not > > > actually supported. > > > > Can someone please update this? > > > > And what the fuck is going on with gears? Who is responsible for > > > cleaning up outdated pages that misinform users?
