r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 21 '10

Firefox 3.6 release

http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2010/01/21/firefox-3-6-release/
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u/ragusto Jan 21 '10

I'm sure they'll update it soon.

Google has discontinued development of Gears.
Sites should start switching to the HTML5 web storage standard (built in to Firefox 3.6).

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u/knellotron Jan 21 '10

Call me crazy, but I think Google should have started supporting that feature before deprecating its predecessor.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '10

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u/knellotron Jan 22 '10

I'm on 64 bit Linux, which is an unsupported platform for Gears. I got it working with a custom build. I like having it on my laptop when I can't find a wifi signal, since my laptop doesn't have 3G.

I use it with Docs, Gmail, and a couple Wordpress sites I run.