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July 13th, 2008

Gears for Google Calendar may be getting close, again

Posted by Garett Rogers @ 8:30 am

Categories: Google Calendar

Tags: Google Inc., Google Calendar, Screenshot, Desktops, Hardware, Garett Rogers

It’s been reported that Google Gears for Calendar is “close to launching” before — in fact, several times before. This time may be another false alarm, but one of my readers sent me a screenshot that looks promising.

googlecalendaroffline.jpg

I cannot confirm this screenshot is real, but to me it looks legit. You can see there is a new link in the top right hand corner that says “Offline (new!)” — if they’ve gone through the trouble of creating that label, it makes me wonder if they are getting closer to an announcement. There is also some text at the top that probably won’t be there when they launch the service, but it’s interesting:

build-label: calendar_8ak_p13, build-cl: 7659210, Not-Cached-By-Gears

Even though installing the offline version Google Calendar created shortcuts on his desktop and in his start menu, the person who sent in the screenshot says that he’s still unable to get it working in offline mode.

I’d be curious if anybody else is able to see this offline functionality in their own Google Calendar?

[Thanks Martin]

Garett RogersGarett Rogers is employed as a programmer for iQmetrix, which specializes in retail management software for the wireless industry. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.


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RE: Gears for Google Calendar may be getting close, again
Unfortunately, that didn't work for me either. After installing Gears, I restarted FF. On restart, FF asked me to make it the default browser (it always is, so I don't understand where that came from). When I went to the GCal page and put your script in the address bar, I got the same response.... (Read the rest)
Posted by: hnkelley Posted on: 07/21/08 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Its now working!  tassaramar | 07/13/08
RE: Gears for Google Calendar may be getting close, again  annie.young@... | 07/14/08
Also  annie.young@... | 07/14/08
RE: Gears for Google Calendar may be getting close, again  tassaramar | 07/14/08
My experience with Google roll-outs of new features  mhenriday | 07/14/08
RE: Gears for Google Calendar may be getting close, again  tassaramar | 07/14/08
RE: Gears for Google Calendar may be getting close, again  hnkelley | 07/21/08

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