I'm leaving

Yes guys. I am. I just found a cool way to update my blog life. As if I have. :) Yes, I will not be updating this blog 'coz I totally convinced myself to just migrate to a different blog service. The service is capable of consolidating my efforts on posting online. Think of it as wordpress, blogger, tumblr, & mobile blog as one. Having said that....

So, see you! Don't worry, this blog will stay as it is.

Gears on Prism, now working

This is somehow a quick update to make Google Gears work for your SSB (Site-specific Browser) web apps using Mozilla Prism.

On my previous post, I've managed to make both Prism and Gears work. But recent version updates prevented Gears to work on Prism. So I've modified the Gears versions and I've come up a workaround that'll both work on Prism 1.0b2 and Google Gears 0.5.16.0 in tandem running on Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10. Below are the steps.

1.) Go ahead an uninstall Gears on you Prism app. After that, close it and then re-open it your app.



2.) Download this modified version of Gears version 0.5.16.0 to your desktop. (The new version is 0.5.32.0 but I wasn't successful when I tweaked it so let just use this version.)

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3.) At the bottom right of the status bar, click the gear-like icon then click Tools then Add-ons. That'll open the Add-ons dialog window.

4.) Now install Gears version 0.5.16.0 to your app just by dragging the gears-linux-opt-0.5.16.0.xpi, the one you just downloaded, to the Add-ons dialog window. After the successful install, restart the app and your done.



Here are some actual screenshots:



Remember The Milk on Prism with Gears installed



Google Reader on Prism with Gears installed

If you're new this kind of concept on SSB or Standalone Web Application here's an introduction on how to use a standalone Prism app.

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Free Software Advertising. Now available!

Do you have a blog that focuses on Free/Open Source Software topics? Would you like to have some advertising in it? Well, good news, there's a new way to advertise online, the F/OSS way. Completely of different paradigm and targets Free/Open Source Software adverts/banners.

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Hmmm... That good news for the Free/Open Source Software community. Not only that the Free Software Foundation supports it. Read FSF announcement on their website.

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