[ubuntu-za] Google Gears Install failure

Dr. Johan P. Prinsloo biocura at telkomsa.net
Sat Jul 24 23:00:34 BST 2010


Thanks Sinjin, it would have been nice for use with Google Calendar, but 
one can't have everything :-)


On 24/07/2010 18:19, Sinjin Swanepoel wrote:
> I know it may not be the most effective way to handle it and browsers are
> used according to personal preference. But I use Google Chrome, I can't see
> there being a problem with gears in Chrome. I find its nice and lightweight
> :D
>
> And yes, im not very technical, so I don't know how to fix your problem
> though. Just thought I'd say something on the list for once :)
>
> Sinjin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Dr. Johan P.
> Prinsloo
> Sent: 24 July 2010 17:07
> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Google Gears Install failure
>
> Thanks Carl.
>
> On 24/07/2010 12:03, Karl Fischer wrote:
>    
>> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 19:52, Dr. Johan P. Prinsloo
>> <biocura at telkomsa.net>   wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> I encountered the following problem while trying to install Google Gears
>>> on Ubuntu 10.04. Google Gears provides off-line access for Google
>>>        
> Calendar.
>    
>>> Install Failure Message:
>>> "Google Gears could not be installed because it is not compatible with
>>> your Firefox build type (Linux_x86-gcc3). Please contact the author of
>>> this item about the problem."
>>> Any advice?
>>> Johan
>>>
>>>        
>> Hi there, Johan,
>>
>> Google Gears is not supported anymore, because Firefox 3.6, has built
>> in Caching abilities with HTML5
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>
>>      
>    



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