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GGears under Linux Chrome/Chromium

i find out, that in Karmic Koala is already package realy containing GGears, but it somehow seems it's not supposed for Chrome/Chromium, but only for Firefox. Is there some way to enable gears under Chrome/Chromium since i installed the gears…
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Google Gears Browser Support

I've just tried to install Google Gears and been told that neither Firefox 3.5.1 nor Safari 4.0.2 are supported. The browser support page lists both browsers as options but on the basis of "or later" (so Firefox 1.5 +) so I assume that these…
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How can I start Gmail (and other google applications) when I'm offline?

Using Gears, I can download my mail, calendar, etc. from Google Apps and when I disconnect from the net while the application is opened in the browser, I can still access my data. Google also places icons in my Desktop/ folder which I can use to…
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How to prevent Google Maps from using Google Gears under Chrome

I've just allowed Google Maps to access my current location by enabling Google gears for the same service. I want to know how do I disable Google Gears now, even for Google Maps or any other website that may ask for enabling Google Gears under…
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Displaying unread e-mail count with offline gmail

I am using Google Gears to use Gmail as an offline e-mail client and have the icon pinned to my (Windows 7) start bar. I've recently seen a screenshot of someone also displaying the unread e-mails count in this icon, but I cannot remember where I…
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How does Google Gears geolocation work?

I'm quite impressed by the Google Gears geolocation demo. It usually has an accuracy under 50 meters and besides authorizing Google Gears, I haven't revealed any other information concerning my location. What technologies are used to achieve such…
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How do I clear the Google Gears cache for Firefox?

I just noticed that the following directory is taking up 701.7 MB on my hard drive. ~/Library/Caches/Firefox/Profiles/.default/Google Gears for Firefox This has the following subdirectories and files. docs.google.com (49.2 KB) gmail.com…
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Can Google Gears be installed for Chrome on Mac OS X Snow Leopard?

Can Google Gears be installed for Google Chrome on Mac OS X Snow Leopard? Google Chrome is a nice browser (very fast, much less memory intensive than Firefox), but until offline storage for Gmail and other Google services is available I can't make…
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Prism, Gears, etc

I have a question related to this SSB's, how does this sort of engines actually work?? I want to try to code something similar (if possible) just for the sake of it but I have found nothing regarding their behaviour or how to start on building…
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