Google Gears in Fluid
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Colin
Aug 26, 2008, 4:56:53 PM8/26/08
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I thought I would make everyone aware of this since there had been
talk a while back of getting Google Gears integration into Fluid (and
Todd possibly rolling his own if there was not a solution at some
point).
A beta version of Google Gears was released yesterday for Safari
(which in turn means Fluid support). I have tested it out and it works
out of the box with Fluid applications. There are a few caveats with
using it with Fluid that will have to be ironed out but at least it is
working. Obviously this is an early beta so proceed with caution or
wait it out but it is indeed good news for Fluid.
http://groups.google.com/group/gears-users/browse_thread/thread/36537d4f47c5495c
P.S. Maybe common sense but if you do try installing it make sure you
have closed Safari as well as ALL your fluid applications (meaning
those MenuExtra and Embedded SSBs you forgot about) before installing
this. The installer doesn't seem to be able to check if Fluid apps are
running which may or may not cause issues.
talk a while back of getting Google Gears integration into Fluid (and
Todd possibly rolling his own if there was not a solution at some
point).
A beta version of Google Gears was released yesterday for Safari
(which in turn means Fluid support). I have tested it out and it works
out of the box with Fluid applications. There are a few caveats with
using it with Fluid that will have to be ironed out but at least it is
working. Obviously this is an early beta so proceed with caution or
wait it out but it is indeed good news for Fluid.
http://groups.google.com/group/gears-users/browse_thread/thread/36537d4f47c5495c
P.S. Maybe common sense but if you do try installing it make sure you
have closed Safari as well as ALL your fluid applications (meaning
those MenuExtra and Embedded SSBs you forgot about) before installing
this. The installer doesn't seem to be able to check if Fluid apps are
running which may or may not cause issues.
Todd Ditchendorf
Aug 26, 2008, 5:14:25 PM8/26/08
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Yes, Google has released a beta version of Gears that works with Safari and also Fluid (available at the link colin provided).
In the last version of Fluid I released, (0.9.3) I added the necessary code for loading this Gears plugin... that means that if your SSB is version 0.9.3 and you install the new Gears beta linked below, Gears should work as expected in the SSB if you browse to a site that is 'Gears-enabled' (e.g. Google Reader).
A couple of things to note:
1. I would *highly* recommend updating both Fluid.app and *all* of your Fluid SSBs to 0.9.3 if you are going to install the Gears beta plugin. I have not tested earlier versions of SSBs with the Gears beta plugin installed.
2. you must install the Gears beta plugin to get any Gears functionality in Fluid SSBs. Fluid does not include any private copy of Gears (and will not in the future).
Colin: not sure what you mean about there being other 'caveats' to using Fluid with Gears that need to be ironed out?
Also note that the Gears beta linked below is just a *beta*. Google has not done an official announcement for this yet... they seem to be asking for help in testing before doing a full release. My advice: If you are not feeling adventurous, you should wait until Google does an official release.
that said, i've been testing and it seems to be working for me. Great job Gears team!
Todd
Colin
Aug 27, 2008, 1:32:08 PM8/27/08
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Todd,
I tried to replicate the problem I was having yesterday and it seems
to be gone.
One of the applications I was testing with Google Gears was Google
Reader and when I would "Go offline" in Safari everything would work
fine, however in my Fluid app whenever I would click on anything it
would wait (I guess trying to connect to the internet) and then tell
me "Load Failed. Reason: no Internet connection". Like I said though,
I just tried it and it worked fine now, however I am on a different
machine right now so I'll try it again at home just to be sure.
Colin
On Aug 26, 4:14 pm, "Todd Ditchendorf" <todd.ditchend...@gmail.com>
wrote:
I tried to replicate the problem I was having yesterday and it seems
to be gone.
One of the applications I was testing with Google Gears was Google
Reader and when I would "Go offline" in Safari everything would work
fine, however in my Fluid app whenever I would click on anything it
would wait (I guess trying to connect to the internet) and then tell
me "Load Failed. Reason: no Internet connection". Like I said though,
I just tried it and it worked fine now, however I am on a different
machine right now so I'll try it again at home just to be sure.
Colin
On Aug 26, 4:14 pm, "Todd Ditchendorf" <todd.ditchend...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Yes, Google has released a beta version of Gears that works with Safari and
> also Fluid (available at the link colin provided).
> In the last version of Fluid I released, (0.9.3) I added the necessary code
> for loading this Gears plugin... that means that if your SSB is version
> 0.9.3 and you install the new Gears beta linked below, Gears should work as
> expected in the SSB if you browse to a site that is 'Gears-enabled' (e.g.
> Google Reader).
>
> A couple of things to note:
>
> 1. I would *highly* recommend updating both Fluid.app and *all* of your
> Fluid SSBs to 0.9.3 if you are going to install the Gears beta plugin. I
> have not tested earlier versions of SSBs with the Gears beta plugin
> installed.
>
> 2. you must install the Gears beta plugin to get any Gears functionality in
> Fluid SSBs. Fluid does not include any private copy of Gears (and will not
> in the future).
>
> Colin: not sure what you mean about there being other 'caveats' to using
> Fluid with Gears that need to be ironed out?
>
> Also note that the Gears beta linked below is just a *beta*. Google has not
> done an official announcement for this yet... they seem to be asking for
> help in testing before doing a full release. My advice: If you are not
> feeling adventurous, you should wait until Google does an official release.
>
> that said, i've been testing and it seems to be working for me. Great job
> Gears team!
>
> Todd
>
> also Fluid (available at the link colin provided).
> In the last version of Fluid I released, (0.9.3) I added the necessary code
> for loading this Gears plugin... that means that if your SSB is version
> 0.9.3 and you install the new Gears beta linked below, Gears should work as
> expected in the SSB if you browse to a site that is 'Gears-enabled' (e.g.
> Google Reader).
>
> A couple of things to note:
>
> 1. I would *highly* recommend updating both Fluid.app and *all* of your
> Fluid SSBs to 0.9.3 if you are going to install the Gears beta plugin. I
> have not tested earlier versions of SSBs with the Gears beta plugin
> installed.
>
> 2. you must install the Gears beta plugin to get any Gears functionality in
> Fluid SSBs. Fluid does not include any private copy of Gears (and will not
> in the future).
>
> Colin: not sure what you mean about there being other 'caveats' to using
> Fluid with Gears that need to be ironed out?
>
> Also note that the Gears beta linked below is just a *beta*. Google has not
> done an official announcement for this yet... they seem to be asking for
> help in testing before doing a full release. My advice: If you are not
> feeling adventurous, you should wait until Google does an official release.
>
> that said, i've been testing and it seems to be working for me. Great job
> Gears team!
>
> Todd
>
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Colin <calvert.co...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I thought I would make everyone aware of this since there had been
> > talk a while back of getting Google Gears integration into Fluid (and
> > Todd possibly rolling his own if there was not a solution at some
> > point).
>
> > A beta version of Google Gears was released yesterday for Safari
> > (which in turn means Fluid support). I have tested it out and it works
> > out of the box with Fluid applications. There are a few caveats with
> > using it with Fluid that will have to be ironed out but at least it is
> > working. Obviously this is an early beta so proceed with caution or
> > wait it out but it is indeed good news for Fluid.
>
> >http://groups.google.com/group/gears-users/browse_thread/thread/36537...
>
> > I thought I would make everyone aware of this since there had been
> > talk a while back of getting Google Gears integration into Fluid (and
> > Todd possibly rolling his own if there was not a solution at some
> > point).
>
> > A beta version of Google Gears was released yesterday for Safari
> > (which in turn means Fluid support). I have tested it out and it works
> > out of the box with Fluid applications. There are a few caveats with
> > using it with Fluid that will have to be ironed out but at least it is
> > working. Obviously this is an early beta so proceed with caution or
> > wait it out but it is indeed good news for Fluid.
>
Colin
Sep 16, 2008, 2:59:21 PM9/16/08
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Update: Google Gears for Safari/Fluid has officially released here:
http://gears.google.com
Colin
On Aug 27, 12:32 pm, Colin <calvert.co...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Todd,
>
> I tried to replicate the problem I was having yesterday and it seems
> to be gone.
>
> One of the applications I was testing with GoogleGearswas Google
> > 0.9.3 and you install the newGearsbeta linked below,Gearsshould work as
> > have not tested earlier versions of SSBs with theGearsbeta plugin
> > installed.
>
> > 2. you must install theGearsbeta plugin to get anyGearsfunctionality in
> > Fluid SSBs. Fluid does not include any private copy ofGears(and will not
>
> > Also note that theGearsbeta linked below is just a *beta*. Google has not
http://gears.google.com
Colin
On Aug 27, 12:32 pm, Colin <calvert.co...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Todd,
>
> I tried to replicate the problem I was having yesterday and it seems
> to be gone.
>
> Reader and when I would "Go offline" in Safari everything would work
> fine, however in my Fluid app whenever I would click on anything it
> would wait (I guess trying to connect to the internet) and then tell
> me "Load Failed. Reason: no Internet connection". Like I said though,
> I just tried it and it worked fine now, however I am on a different
> machine right now so I'll try it again at home just to be sure.
>
> Colin
>
> On Aug 26, 4:14 pm, "Todd Ditchendorf" <todd.ditchend...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Yes, Google has released a beta version ofGearsthat works with Safari and
> fine, however in my Fluid app whenever I would click on anything it
> would wait (I guess trying to connect to the internet) and then tell
> me "Load Failed. Reason: no Internet connection". Like I said though,
> I just tried it and it worked fine now, however I am on a different
> machine right now so I'll try it again at home just to be sure.
>
> Colin
>
> On Aug 26, 4:14 pm, "Todd Ditchendorf" <todd.ditchend...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > also Fluid (available at the link colin provided).
> > In the last version of Fluid I released, (0.9.3) I added the necessary code
> > for loading thisGearsplugin... that means that if your SSB is version
> > In the last version of Fluid I released, (0.9.3) I added the necessary code
> > 0.9.3 and you install the newGearsbeta linked below,Gearsshould work as
> > expected in the SSB if you browse to a site that is 'Gears-enabled' (e.g.
> > Google Reader).
>
> > A couple of things to note:
>
> > 1. I would *highly* recommend updating both Fluid.app and *all* of your
> > Fluid SSBs to 0.9.3 if you are going to install theGearsbeta plugin. I
> > Google Reader).
>
> > A couple of things to note:
>
> > 1. I would *highly* recommend updating both Fluid.app and *all* of your
> > have not tested earlier versions of SSBs with theGearsbeta plugin
> > installed.
>
> > 2. you must install theGearsbeta plugin to get anyGearsfunctionality in
> > Fluid SSBs. Fluid does not include any private copy ofGears(and will not
> > in the future).
>
> > Colin: not sure what you mean about there being other 'caveats' to using
> > Fluid withGearsthat need to be ironed out?
>
> > Colin: not sure what you mean about there being other 'caveats' to using
>
> > Also note that theGearsbeta linked below is just a *beta*. Google has not
> > done an official announcement for this yet... they seem to be asking for
> > help in testing before doing a full release. My advice: If you are not
> > feeling adventurous, you should wait until Google does an official release.
>
> > that said, i've been testing and it seems to be working for me. Great job
> >Gearsteam!
>
> > Todd
>
> > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Colin <calvert.co...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I thought I would make everyone aware of this since there had been
> > > talk a while back of getting GoogleGearsintegration into Fluid (and
> > help in testing before doing a full release. My advice: If you are not
> > feeling adventurous, you should wait until Google does an official release.
>
> > that said, i've been testing and it seems to be working for me. Great job
> >Gearsteam!
>
> > Todd
>
> > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Colin <calvert.co...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I thought I would make everyone aware of this since there had been
> > > Todd possibly rolling his own if there was not a solution at some
> > > point).
>
> > > A beta version of GoogleGearswas released yesterday for Safari
> > > point).
>
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