Support for Firefox 3.5?

[ErnstB]

Hi,

I'm running Ubuntu 9.04. I just installed the new RC of Firefox 3.5.
However, the Gears plugin is disabled because it doe not support this
version. Are there any plans to support this new Firefox version? I
expected the plugin to work, because on the Google Gears website it is
stated that you need Firefox 1.5+.

Thanks,
Ernst

[Mark Jarecki]

This something I'd also like to know. I just upgraded to Firefox 3.5
RC2 thinking Gears would still work (especially since the Wave demo).

Any chances on releasing an update soon?

Cheers,

Mark

[josdigital]

They would probably tell you that RC is not an official release and
therefor remains unsupported, but a quick fix would be appreciated
though.

[Jon Connelly]

Agreed. Support for Firefox 3.5RC2 would really be nice, considering
the final release it right around the corner.

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1) Gecko/
20090615 Firefox/3.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) ID:20090615172843

Thanks,
Jon

[breukie]

Still no news on this topic?
The clock is ticking ...

[J.O.D]

I've been using Firefox betas from 3.1 to the newest 3.5 rc3 and Gears
has remained unsupported through all of them.
Incredibly frustrating. Excited for update.

[Jon]

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.

[Aaron Boodman]

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)

[Jon]

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 <a...@google.com> 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)
>

[Garret]

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

[Explorer5]

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.

[Wraith]

The point is they would have to do a new build for each version, not a
new rebuild, ie. from scratch. This avoids the hassle of having to
track build numbers and versions for each build and version of
FireFox, or any other browser. Even a simple bug fix is another
version that needs to be kept track of. As much as I would have loved
to see gears working for each step of the process I do uderstand their
explaination.

[Duncan]

Also just upgraded to Firefox 3.5 and no google gears support means no
offline gmail, very disappointing, particularly for enterprise gmail
users

[itsdipesh]

I just upgraded to the official Firefox 3.5, and Google Gears was

disabled. My Gears version is 0.5.23.0.

[gss4w]

If you don't bother testing for RC builds then how will you get any
user feedback if there are problems. Plus the final release of
Firefox 3.5 is out now and Gears does not work.

On Jun 29, 9:30 am, Aaron Boodman <a...@google.com> 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)
>

[Dogsbody]

Well Firefox 3.5 has now gone gold and been released, the browsers on
all my computers have been updated and all of them have now disabled
Google Gears :-(

Thanks for a great product :-)

Dan

[Dexae]

Firefox 3.5 is out http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html?from=getfirefox
no RC, no Beta, Final 3.5 like they said one week ago

[Itay]

I agree.
Are we watching a proccess of Google becoming customer-deaf Microsoft?

[i156]

Same here. I now have problem accessing my online Trouble Ticket
System because Google Gears isn't supported. I had to install Safari
to get it to work! Not very good google especially when this is a full
version of 3.5 not a RC. Can someone respond to this at least?

On Jun 30, 10:57 am, Garret <gar...@globalmentor.com> wrote:

[Sam Johnston]

Afternoon all,

Firefox 3.5 is hitting the mirrors as we speak (http://www.mozilla.org/
mirrors.html) and should appear on http://firefox.com/ in the coming
hours - I'm posting this from it!

I've got some Gears weirdness - Gmail detects Gears (which comes up in
Tools->Add-ons as version 0.5.21.0 of "Gears for Safari") but then
tells me that "This page does not have permission to use Gears." and
that I should "Remove https://mail.google.com from the list of denied
sites". The right hand side of http://gears.google.com/ is blank (but
works as expected in Safari 4).

Anyway, is Gears even necessary any more? What does it give me over
native HTML 5 functionality?

Sam

[NHLfan]

Firefox 3.5 was officially released today, but there is still no
updated version of gears?

[Thierry]

Sad that since google developp its own browser google gears is not
ready on time as it was before for previous RC & final release of FF

[Lailoken]

Yup, I just downloaded the official working version of 3.5.

Google dropped the ball on this one... they had lots of time to be
ready for this.

I think the usually excellent Google developers are slipping...

[jjcf89]

Agreed just install 3.5 and lost gears support. Not cool.

[tfreitas]

please people, patience

[Nickname unavailable]

Anxiously awaiting 3.5 support. With the speed and JS improvements of
FF3.5 combined with gears hopefully my web app experience will finally
be what it should.

On Jun 30, 10:57 am, Garret <gar...@globalmentor.com> wrote:

[HenrikB]

Thanks for the update - it is much better to know what your (Google's)
plans are/strategy is than having to 2nd guess them.

...hear from you tomorrow then ;)

Firefox 3.5 scheduled for Tuesday June 30, 2009:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2349445,00.asp

/H

On Jun 29, 9:30 am, Aaron Boodman <a...@google.com> 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)
>

[ataferner]

On Jun 29, 12:30 pm, Aaron Boodman <a...@google.com> 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.

Hmm. I seem to remember another Google Employee saying something
different in January:
http://groups.google.com/group/gears-users/msg/430fb209515e6e46

That was 6 months ago. Now Firefox 3.5 final has been released and
Google has been caught sleeping behind the wheel.
All other major extensions I can think of managed to stay functional
during the Beta/RC stages.

Sigh. Hope to see an updated version of Gears soon, now that the
pressure is on.

[Darktalker]

Same here.. I refresh google gears's page every 10 minutes to check if
there is an update. Our main product is based on Google Gears, we do
really need google gears works with firefox 3.5 ASAP..

[Ivan]

I managed to compile gears for firefox 3.5 under Linux. I have only
x86_64 system, thus xpi for i386 remains untested. x86_64 works
perfectly for me. Please report any problems.

http://uploaded.ivlis.com/gears-linux-x86_64-opt-0.5.25.0.xpi

http://uploaded.ivlis.com/gears-linux-opt-0.5.25.0.xpi

[Hotdog]

Google: is there any time frame for how long this fix is going to
take?

[Shyam]

The latest SVN (rev 3373) builds (0.5.25.0) works with Firefox 3.5. I
have it running on my Mac. They checked in the code in the pat 24
hours, so I assume a proper release should not be a day or so away.

[Clintre]

Generally most software companies / providers are ahead of the game.
It is not like no one knew FF 3.5 was coming. Pretty standard practice
Google and if you are wanting to move your solutions into more
businesses you need to get up to speed.

[chugmonkey]

I'm vexed! Argh, no offline GMail and my wordpress is no longer
operating in Turbo. Not good, not good at all.

This is so important to me that I have to revert to my previous FF
install. :-(

On Jul 2, 5:23 pm, Explorer5 <andrew.ca...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Did Google even begin development of the Gears plugin for FF 3.5 prior
> to the final version being released? This is so frustrating. How can
> we depend on a technology that a company is pushing when they dont
> even keep up with their own development of it?
>
> C'mon Google!
>
> Even Microsoft would do better than this by at least posting a "Beta"
> or "developers" version of it.. A term which Google should be quite
> familiar with.
>
> -Andrew

[Merhawie]

First of all if Microsoft was doing this they would not be ahead of a
spec, they would be years behind it. In fact they would likely wait
until the spec was complete then come up with something parallel and
incompatible.

Secondly, if you are so concerned check the svn version, build it and
distribute. Don't forget this an open project lead by google not owned
by google. Remember it's Gears, not Google Gears.

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 2, 2009, at 11:23 AM, Explorer5 <andrew...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Did Google even begin development of the Gears plugin for FF 3.5 prior
> to the final version being released? This is so frustrating. How can
> we depend on a technology that a company is pushing when they dont
> even keep up with their own development of it?
>
> C'mon Google!
>
> Even Microsoft would do better than this by at least posting a "Beta"
> or "developers" version of it.. A term which Google should be quite
> familiar with.
>
> -Andrew
>
> On Jul 2, 11:52 am, Ivan <ilissen...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Ivan]

Sorry guys, my server is down :( Changed to another hosting:

x86_64:
http://rotuka.com/files/google_gears_firefox_3.5/gears-linux-x86_64-opt-0.5.25.0.xpi
(md5: 6d517d64e8ca4408b2d75572f501c3e1)

i386:
http://rotuka.com/files/google_gears_firefox_3.5/gears-linux-opt-0.5.25.0.xpi
(md5: 9da04e7e04ea9bbb41c52f9d3d7b57eb)

patch:
http://rotuka.com/files/google_gears_firefox_3.5/gears_i386_ff3.5.patch


If possible, please publish mac version. Cross compiling for mac is a
little bit hard.

[Daniel H]

Someone from Google can estimate when will be released a new Gears
version that supports Firefox 3.5? thanks

[docspike]

Hi Ivan,
I use ububtu 9.04 x86_64....your download for google gears is working
for me..Thanx a lot..

Yours,
Dr.Ravichandra

[Geza Kovacs]

I built a few Firefox 3.5 compatible xpis for Windows and Linux:

Windows: http://gkovacs.xvm.mit.edu/google-gears/gears-win32-opt-0.5.25.0.xpi
Linux i386: http://gkovacs.xvm.mit.edu/google-gears/gears-linux-0.5.25.0.xpi
Linux x86_64: http://gkovacs.xvm.mit.edu/google-gears/gears-linux-x86_64-0.5.25.0.xpi
diff: http://gkovacs.xvm.mit.edu/google-gears/gears-gcc433.diff

[Geza Kovacs]

I also built my own xpis for Windows and Linux:

Windows: http://gkovacs.xvm.mit.edu/google-gears/gears-win32-opt-0.5.25.0.xpi
Linux i386: http://gkovacs.xvm.mit.edu/google-gears/gears-linux-0.5.25.0.xpi
Linux x86_64: http://gkovacs.xvm.mit.edu/google-gears/gears-linux-x86_64-0.5.25.0.xpi

Patch: http://gkovacs.xvm.mit.edu/google-gears/gears-gcc433.diff

[pentagram]

What about windows version? Who can compile firefox 3.5-compatible
windows version?