Google Gears
May 31, 2007
I’ve been using Google Reader for reading feeds in these past few months. Formerly I’ve used Feed Demon. The reason that I switch from a stand-alone to web based feed reader was simple I want a simple access to my feeds anywhere I want.
However, one of the weak sides of using a web-based feed reader is in its performance. Relatively speaking. Google Reader would probably excel for those who happen to have a reliable, fast or steady internet connection. In here (read: Indonesia) where Internet connections are still expensive and unreliable, Google Reader usage were not so comfortable yet. But I can live with it, somehow.
This morning when I opened the Reader, I notice a new link at the upper right corner of the homepage. It’s Google Gears, the application that enables user to read feed offline. Without any hesitation, I install it.
Google Gears provided one installation file that requires the closing of all browser windows. Yet the installation failed with this message popping up:
Then what they say was true:
Google Gears (BETA) is an open source browser extension that enables web applications to provide offline functionality using following JavaScript APIs:
- Store and serve application resources locally
- Store data locally in a fully-searchable relational database
- Run asynchronous Javascript to improve application responsiveness
This is an early release of Google Gears (BETA). After installation, please pay attention to the warning dialogs and grant access only to websites that you trust.
Does anyone have the same problem as I am?
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Okay, life must go on, right? So with the spirit of Sumpah Pemuda and the recent festive of Pesta Blogger 2007. I officially announce that:
It's just around the corner, not very far away.
The reason? Well you can say that I'm getting bored with Wordpress and I want to try something new. But trust me, I won't move it anywhere else in the future, I will use patvandiest.com as my main blog, always. I promise you that!
So please... please update your bookmark, I will forever graceful if you do that. But if you are reading my blog through my Feedburner account, worry not, I will automatically update the link. That goes to my other social networking related link.
I won't delete this blog, though. I will keep it as past archives of my writings.
So, sorry for this inconvinience. I hope you don't mind. See you at my other room.
Sincerely Yours,
Patrick Gerard van Diest
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Count me in, failed with error code 0×80004005.
On June 1, 2007 at exactly 6:03 am
same as me. sorry i’ve forgot to attached the error message. :)
On June 4, 2007 at exactly 1:48 pm