google-gears

Is there a good jQuery Drag-and-drop file upload plugin?

Is there a nice tidy jQuery plugin that allows including a single JS script then using a simple snippet to enable a form? Something like this: $j('#MyForm').enableDragDropUploads('.upload-area') With the upload target being the action of the form. Any solution must not prevent a regular file field from being usable (using traditional...

How does Google calculate my location on a desktop?

Right this is confusing me quite a bit, i'm not sure if any of you have noticed or used the "my location" feature on google maps using your desktop (or none GPS/none mobile device). If you have a browser with google gears (easiest to use is Google Chrome) then you will have a blue circle above the zoom function in Google Maps, when clic...

getting null for google.gears object when working offline ...

Hi, I am new to gear, We are using gear in our web application were flow is ... When ever user assign with some task user will get message attached with static html file, In that html we are showing work assign to user in html form once user submit we are creating local database and saving data to local database, But the problem is we ...

how to create database in the specific folder with google gear ?

Hi, When we are using any gear enable site, and we go offline the gear automatically creating folder with /dbName#database ... assume 2 diff. website is there www.abc.com and www.xyz.com. when I go online in www.abc.com it should create folder like /abcxyz/dbName#database, And same for www.xyz.com it should also create folder like /...

Calling Java methods in a GWT module via Javacript of a Google Gears worker in a workerpool

I would like to know if it would be possible to call Java method of a GWT module within a worker in a Google Gears workerpool. For example given the class and method of a GWT module. package com.mycomp; public class MyClass implements EntryPoint, WorkerPoolMessageHandler { public void mymethod() { ... }} I have tried defining the fo...

how to store blob data in sqlite database from javascript with google gear ?

Hi, We have a very special requirement to store blob data in SQLite database, where We have to store documents. We have static html page which is in user disk, so we want user to upload document without connecting to internet with help of google gear, javascript and SQLite. is it possible to do ... Any Help Appreciated ... ...

Javascript Session Data Storage

Does anyone know of a reliable way to store data to use across pages of a site?... Here is what I've found so far: Cookies - Not enough capacity to store what I need atm. URL hash - Same as above Frames - Not a method I would use atm. HTML 5 document.localStorage and document.sessionStorage - Not fully supported yet Google Gears - The ...

Does Google Gears Allow Metadata Access

Loving Gears, but does anyone here know how to access Google Gears metadata? Like system tables or tables that will show me a list of the tables within the database? Thanks! ...

Google Gears Geolocation in Java/C

Hi (first question) I'm trying to find the physical location of a computer using a language like Java/C. The only good accurate solution seems to be Google Gears (http://code.google.com/apis/gears/api%5Fgeolocation.html). MaxMind have an API but it only uses IP addresses and seems very inaccurate (I want the exact address whenever possi...

Offline mode in ASP.NET Web Application

I want to build a web application (SaaS) that can work both in Online and Offline modes. The user needs limited features in case he is offline and full feature access when he becomes online again. I thought of the following options: Make the user download a local server such as Cassini and devise an architecture to allow online and off...

When To Refresh/Replace Cache in RSS Reader

For a simple rss reader, I am storing the results of queries in a client side (google gears) database. So, myapp.php?query=xyz is stored in one column, and the result xml is stored in the next column. Then, when myapp.php?query=xyz is requested, I first attempt to load from the cached content in the second column. I need to figure ...

google gears discontinued, html 5 in draft

Hi all, we've trying to develop a mobile web app that will provide offline capabilities, not just reading but also creating content. Gears supports three important aspects: - local server so we can have cached static content such as html, css, js, etc - local database so that we can have data stored locally for offline access as well ...

Local web storing of files using HTML5

Hi, I was fascinated by Google Gears and its potential use in online game development, particularly massive online game development. One could take the game resources and store them locally using ResourceStore, thus reducing game load time, server bandwidth issues, etc. I have therefore welcomed the news that HTML5 supports offline stor...

Gears File Drag & Drop: getDragData doesnt refresh

Hello all, I've been implementing a Gears-powered fileupload mechanism for our app. It works great except for one small bug. When I drag files onto the window, the function call desktop.getDragData() properly gives me the list of files dragged over the first time. However, subsequent drops with calls to this function give me the origi...

File uploads with Gears & PHP

We provide the ability to submit images to a user's gallery. While the normal method we have employed works just fine, some people will upload multiple files, which can take a long time, and is annoying in the selection process (one at a time). I started writing an alternate method using Gears for those that have it. Primarily the goal...

For file upload which is better Google gears HTML 5 ?

which one is better. ...

Google Gears shifts site down in Chrome.

So added gears functionality into my Mobi Engine, but there is a wierd behavior when viewing the site in Chrome. The HTML gets shifted down by about 15px. All other browsers tested so far does not show the same problem. Also doesn't seem to affect any mobile browsers. Check here for the symptom. http://cibr8.itell.mobi I only need gear...

Handling file uploads with JavaScript and Google Gears, is there a better solution?

So - I've been using this method of file uploading for a bit, but it seems that Google Gears has poor support for the newer browsers that implement the HTML5 specs. I've heard the word deprecated floating around a few channels, so I'm looking for a replacement that can accomplish the following tasks, and support the new browsers. I can...

Synchronizing one or more databases with a master database - Foreign keys

I'm using Google Gears to be able to use an application offline (I know Gears is deprecated). The problem I am facing is the synchronization with the database on the server. The specific problem is the primary keys or more exactly, the foreign keys. When sending the information to the server, I could easily ignore the primary keys, and ...

What happens when the computer restarts to a Google Gears worker?

Regarding the worker pool, what happens when the computer restarts? Does the worker continue where it left off? ...