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Download Google Gears workaround for Snow Leopard
Friday, September 04, 2009
The last blog about "Google Gears on Snow Leopard" post stirred much interest: Many Mailplane users want to try the Snow Leopard workaround to get their "Offline Gmail" back. This persuaded me to provide the binary Gears download: Visit the download page.
Read carefully and enjoy at your own risk
Snow Leopard and Google Gears
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Are you using Mailplane 2.1-beta with Google Gears to get your Gmail offline? Unfortunately, Google Gears for Safari doesn't work with OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard. There's no official statement, but I found this comment at the end of Google Gears Issue 847:
Snow Leopard and Safari 4 introduced some changes which are incompatible with Gears. Apple made these changes to improve the security of their OS and of Safari. While we continue to talk to Apple about the issue there is no workaround for us at this time.
Gears continues to work with Firefox on Mac OS X.
The problem seems to the new 64bit Safari version. It doesn't load any InputManagers like Google Gears.
However: Mailplane, Fluid, or even 32bit Safari would still be capable of loading Google Gears, even under Snow Leopard.
I went ahead and tried it:
- Checked out the Google Gears code
- Removed the OSX version check
- Built the thing
- Installed the resulting Google Gears
Bingo! My "Offline Gmail" inside Mailplane 2.1-beta is back! I tried Fluid and 32bit Safari too: Both worked as expected.
A few questions remain: Is the networking code for Snow Leopard still the same? Are there any Snow Leopard related bugs? Will Google offer a solution soon?
Mailplane 2.1-beta available for download
Thursday, February 05, 2009
You can't wait to get "offline Gmail" with Mailplane? If you like to test the upcoming Mailplane version, please visit the beta download page. The page contains a screencast too. Make sure to watch it before starting your own installation.
Important: This software is still in beta, it may contain bugs. Use at your own risk.
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Offline Gmail is coming to Mailplane
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Many users wanted offline Gmail in Mailplane, this was the #1 feature request. I've always hoped for a Google Gears solution as it would be the perfect fit. Yesterday, Google published "offline Gmail" as a Google Lab feature. And it's based on Google Gears!
Once you turn on this feature, Gmail uses Gears to download a local cache of your mail. As long as you're connected to the network, that cache is synchronized with Gmail's servers. When you lose your connection, Gmail automatically switches to offline mode, and uses the data stored on your computer's hard drive instead of the information sent across the network. You can read messages, star and label them, and do all of the things you're used to doing while reading your webmail online. Any messages you send while offline will be placed in your outbox and automatically sent the next time Gmail detects a connection. And if you're on an unreliable or slow connection (like when you're "borrowing" your neighbor's wireless), you can choose to use "flaky connection mode," which is somewhere in between: it uses the local cache as if you were disconnected, but still synchronizes your mail with the server in the background. Our goal is to provide nearly the same browser-based Gmail experience whether you're using the data cached on your computer or talking directly to the server.
In short: Either offline or online, you always can use the powerful Gmail user interface.
What about Mailplane? Mailplane is ready for Google Gears, and I am currently working on the 2.1 version to get offline Gmail working.
Beta ends 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
The beta will end December, 31 - and so will the special beta user pricing. If you haven't registered, yet and you'd like to get your beta user discount, make sure to register before end of year: Check out the store for more details.
The beta registration has been closed, Mailplane can now be downloaded from here.
Merry Christmas!
100 beta invitations each day
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Over the past two to three weeks, 700 beta users were invited to the beta. But, the waiting list is growing rapidly, and to speed things up, I have decided to send out 100 invitations each day. The waiting list will be processed in chronological order, with the first 100 getting notified today. If you with to join the invitation waiting list, sign up here.500 new users invited to Mailplane beta
Saturday, March 31, 2007
So it became time to invite more users to the beta program: The first 500 people on the waiting list have now been invited to test Mailplane.
If you don't have registered yet but would like to: the waiting list is here. You will get an invitation as soon as your number is called.
The search for Mailplane test pilots is over
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
After MacNN published the news about Mailplane, all available private beta seats were taken in about one hour! The website is still under heavy load, and the waiting list gets filled quite fast.This is great news because it shows the need for Gmail Mac desktop integration!
For all those who didn't make it into the private beta: Add yourself to the beta waiting list. As soon as Mailplane gets more stable, people on the waiting list will get invited to the beta.
Would you like to become a Mailplane test pilot?
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Mailplane is a brand new Cocoa shareware application that integrates Gmail into your Mac desktop. Features include:
- Drag and drop files to create attachments.
- Auto resize photos when composing messages.
- iPhoto integration.
- Growl notifications
- And much more...
The complete feature list may be found at http://mailplaneapp.com.
Private beta registration is now open. Becoming a test pilot has never been easier. Just visit http://mailplaneapp.com/beta.
