Gears still aid the usage of RTM in offline mode, even though Google said it's stopped development of Google Gears.

In any case, has Google made clear it's still *supporting* Gears, even if it's not going to add to Gears.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Gears

Gears unfortunately never worked for Snow Leopard on Mac (and never will), so switching to an HTML5 offline option would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks for the great work.

Offline is very important for me, too!
Gears never worked, I always had sync problems (stuck while syncing).
I'm missing offline support very much.

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+1. I hate the fact that I have to use my ipod to get effective offline access.

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The most recent comprehensive update I saw on RTM site is 10 months old:
http://blog.rememberthemilk.com/2010/04/the-future-of-offline-html5-and-web-standards/

I would really like to see this capability come to fruition. I'd also be interested in a status update.

Thank you, RTM Gurus.
--Dimitri

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Offline capability is crucial, and whilst (if you have one) the iPhone app helps, the UI is necessarily constrained, and hence not as productive as the full-screen browser app.

Since it seems clear that Google is (a) no longer developing and (b) no longer supporting Gears, and, further, that the number of operating systems and browsers on which Gears works is rapidly decreasing (example: on a Mac, Gears only works with Firefox 3 - which is about to be replaced by Firefox 4 - and even then only with a certain amount of hackery under Snow Leopard), it would be helpful if we could get at least a statement of direction and suggestive timeline from RTM :)

I'm sure everyone understands that it's a hard problem to solve; and that there are dependencies in terms of browser support for other technologies (such as HTML 5, if that ends up being the desired direction), but an indication that the problem is recognised and that some action is underway to address it would be both reassuring and helpful.

Thanks!

--&e

The last island of working Gears on Mac is Safari, Gears do not work in Firefox since 3.6 on my Mac. Now with Firefox 4, I am stuck completely. Please switch to HTML5 off-line storage.

Sorry for the delay in responding on this topic. We posted our thoughts on the future of an offline web app back in April (as Dimitri already mentioned above); we'll share an update as soon as we can!

Gears is not supported in Firefox 4, so after 22nd March this could be an issue for a growing number of people.

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Yep, I´d really like to see offline support for Firefox 4!

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I was pretty much devastated when I realized that I can't use RTM offline in Firefox 4!

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Just updated my Chrome browser yesterday, and now it doesn't support Gears anymore.

Version: 12.0.742.53 beta-m

Going to roll back to a non-beta version, but the end of RTM offline is coming. ... *snif*

We're looking into it. :) In the past, some of the browsers haven't been quite as ready for offline support without Google Gears as we would've liked them to be, but that's changing now, so hopefully it's something we can support in the future.

It's the future now. This is a no-brainer. I'm sure it's just a matter of the RTM dev team finding the time.

+1. By summer, RTM will be two major versions of Firefox will be released supporting HTML 5 only. We should be seeing firmer commitments from RTM mentioning timelines.

I've always believed that one way for web apps to really make sense and be on par with desktop applications is the offline capabilities it offers, for fast loading.

The other day when there was a scheduled maintenance and I've forgotten to sync RTM in iOS earlier, I sat there confused for a good 6 hours frantically hitting the refresh button. Man that sucks.

I do however apreciate the 3 years we've been able to use RTM offline as it's has helped us greatly and we thank you all. Looking forward to the offline access with HTML5 soon. (go Bob, go!)

+1 for offline support for FF4, thanks!

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Please please support FF 4.0 and HTML 5. Offline is invaluable, and I simply can't upgrade my browser because of my need for RTM offline.

Ditto. I relied heavily on the gears offline app and need something to replace it for Chrome. Thanks.

Did you thought about silverlight out of browser application and sqlCE? It would be easy to write a cross platform client. You could even integrate a python engine to open interesting possibilityes.

sqlCe seems available for silverlight only through com objects but this is not cross platform. Anyway there are some interesting solutions: http://siaqodb.com/ http://www.mcobject.com/perst isolated storage...

Please - gears just stopped working on chrome and offline mode just isn't the same with internet explorer.

Please GoogleGears support.

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I limit my online access with a filter in order to be productive-- PLEASE make it your highest priority to bring back RTM Offline!!

Guys, please get going with this - you were one of the first to support Gears, now don't be the last to jump off that ghost train.

Even today, it requires going back to an outdated browser to still have Offline support for RTM, which is crucial - no way my task management tool is depending on an internet application (bridged only by the iPhone app at the moment, which is ... well: not a substitute for the great web app)

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I think it's hilarious that Googld Chrome doesn't support Google Gears. But I'm sad that I can't do offline RTM because I actually do update my browsers to keep up with security patches - I'm at FF4, IE9, and Chrome11 non of which support gears.

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Hate to do a me-too-post here: for some weird reasons I was able to use gears to this date. And now I'm a regular FF4, IE9, Chrome12 guy without offline access to RTM. Hoping for a quick update, now!

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It may not be much, but I will upgrade to pro when offline mode works with chrome again.

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Now Chrome has discontinued Google Gears Support, we need transfer RTM offline funcionality to HTML5!

I hope this update quickly, for not to start looking for alternatives....

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another +1 because chrome now has discontinued supporting Google Gears

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I posted a small guide on my blog on how to fix this, so you can use offline mode again:
"How to use Remember The Milk in offline mode in Google Chrome" - http://j.mp/lr5u11

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I realise that most of this string has been about browser support but no-one has mentioned App for the Milk a cross platform (runs on Adobe Air) offline app for your Windows, Mac or Ubuntu PC. I've just discovered and love it. It's bare bones but it allows you to view your tasks, edit them and add new ones and when you're next online it will update RTM. In the meanwhile it keeps your tasks safe in an XML file. Just Google it. It's free. I just hope the developer keeps suporting it, or that RTM buy it from him - he deserves the recognition.

Hope this helps.

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six weeks already (and this thing has been in developpment a lot more time), no news at all? Offline access was really useful, not only when no internet is availavle but with flaky connections too

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HTML5 is the future and it is here NOW. I am hoping this is in the works. I would hate to see RTM fall behind the times.

Please get us moved over to HTML5 as soon as possible - just lost offline as Chrome is now on V12 with no support for Gears. +1

Please see our latest blog post, An update on offline access without Gears, for more details on where we're up to with HTML5 offline support.

I really think Adobe AIR is a suitable stop-gap it supports html and JS so would probably only require minimal effort to take the existing offline app and switch from gears to sqlite. I'm confident it could be done in one "caffine fuelled weekend". In fact I'd bet on it.

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Please automatically detect and go offline and online.

Its very annoying that i have to do two clicks each time i go online. I often work offline and then continue to work on another pc. So currently i have to remind myself to do the clicks before i can start to use the tasks on the other machine.

@emily:

Thank you for the update. I still would have hoped for quicker solution and a more definitive time line. Without off-line support on my notebook rtm is just half useful to me...

Could you clarify what about the HTML5 technologies is "not quite ready"? Thanks!

Would it be possible to have at least a date ?

Ok, I've seen your update emily now

Can you give as an update on this as it's pretty frustrating losing capability. Thanks

Hi Tony,

Not sure if you've seen this, but we posted an update on our blog last month -- we'll let you guys know just as soon as we have any further news.

Hi Emily, so Google have launched their offline version as the blog suggested, suggesting they believe the technology is commercially viable. So what's the timeline for RTM now? Thanks - Tony

As mentioned in our blog post, An update on offline access without Gears, we've been waiting on the HTML5 technologies required to re-implement offline support to be production-ready.

Now that Google has made Gmail, Calendar, and Docs available offline in Chrome, we expect to be able to use a similar approach to make Remember The Milk available offline without Gears.

We expect to use the same technology as Google (Web SQL) -- I should note that Google's offline support is for Chrome only. We'll definitely be supporting Chrome, and likely also the other browsers with Web SQL support (that's Safari, iOS Safari, Android Browser, and Opera). Given Google's use of Web SQL with Chrome, we know that this technology/browser combination is ready for offline support for an app like ours.

At least to begin with, we won't have support for IE (which has no offline HTML5 technology available at this time), or Firefox (which doesn't support Web SQL, and would need an implementation of the alternative IndexedDB), but we'll be able to look at our options for these browsers once we get our initial offline support going... one step at a time. :)

We have a fair bit of work to do to re-implement offline support in HTML5, so we don't know when we'll have this available just yet, but we'll post any updates here.

Hi Tony,

I've just posted an update.

Thanks Emily, look forward to seeing the end result.

It's still eagerly expected. Thanks for all the effort!

+1 Not upset that it's missing, but wishing it was available.

I want an official Adobe Air version, that can cache the tasks for offline use. For when internet is not available like on a plane, etc. Could be made just like the iPAD version but runs on Air.

Really interested in a Gears-less offline version!

Gears is working great for FF, but now as it's deprecated (and; I've moved over to other browsers than Firefox), it would be a nice thing to have!

(that said - synching with iPad, iPhone, offline web and a couple of different browsers in online mode, I have NEVER had any data consistency issues - RTM is just working!)

Take your time. With more people moving to cell phones and apps, we already have an offline version :) :) :)

I need off-line mode for my laptop computer with a bigger screen than i-pod, especially when I am traveling in foreign countries where I have not good access to Internet. This is why I am using an old version of firefox in my laptop. It is nice if RTM.app with offline mode, such as the application for i-pod, is provided for my laptop Mac. I do not stick on off-line service through my browser.

I'm also waiting for this to happen. Can't even install Gears no more

RTM has good viewers on iPad and iPhone. So why not on Mac OS-X. It may be easier than to tackle with HTML5...

Looking for same thing...

This is really becoming a musthave!
There are several tasks I can complete without being online (e.g. when I'm on the train) but without being able to see which tasks I need to complete, my time on the train's wasted.

Much needed.

I'm waiting on offline mode to re-purchase my pro membership. Any additional transparency that you can provide would be appreciated! I use RTM on international flights, and I've been lost without offline mode.

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If I can't use RTM offline - I don't have piece of mind. I'm looking forward to when I can use this great application :D

i'm shopping for to do programs right now, and I was coming straight here because I remember learning it had offline access. That it no longer does means, unfortunately, that I'm going to look elsewhere. I imagine I'm not alone.

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I found the same discussion @
https://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/3007/

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Hi Emily, any news on this? It's been a while now.

Hi, what about offline? Any update?

Even just offline support for Chrome would be greatly appreciated!
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i guess I need to find another app for this ... its sad

its been a long time how do i use rtm offline in chrome thanks

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offline mode is vital for those without constant internet access.

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Ok RTM, it's time for another update on this. It's been a while.

The forums are useless if there are no solutions, Remember the milk was very helpful when I could use at any time, this solution lost value, was good. : (.

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What about a simple Adobe AIR, or Java based application? It's easy to develop in both languages, and both will behave the same on every OS.

I know Java is not that lightweight (it's on par with C#), but offline support is not something you always need. If you are on a Chromebook, or something with limited resources, just stick to the web interface.

Otherwise, the AIR/Java app would be there.

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Just evaluating this on my iPhone and iPad - like it a lot, but without offline desktop support it's a non-starter. Too bad...

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Thanks for a great service, offline support is going to make it even better!

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I (and guess more) would appreciate a new update on this from the team.
IMO, a "sure, we're working on it, but still 6+ months out" is better than continued radio silence.

The last "official" update was from Omar back in July, 2011.

Keep up the good work :)

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In order for me to upgrade my account to a pro. This is a key feature.

+1 I have been waiting for almost three years.

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been using rtm for years - would love to be able to use it while traveling offline :|

ok - that wasn't very nice. yes, I love RTM - it's a core part of my workflow. Thank you for making such a deceptively simple, yet immensely functional tool. I too would love to see an update about possible offline access.

New chromebooks are rolled out and waiting for the RTM offline support.

+1 still waiting for offline access please...

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Offline access to RM via Google Chrome, please. Thank you!

Pleeeeease!

+1, please, please. people needs this.

12-week nag. New bus flight upcoming - desktop offline would be sweet!
Even sweeter just an official response. "We won't ever do it" is of course not my hope, but even that is better than radio silence :)

(Of course) I use RTM to remind me of this forum thread once in a while (on my "TICKLER" list). Would a "remember-to-nag-RTM-about-offline-access"-story be worthy a tip-of-the-week?? ;)

Any updates?

The latest release of RTM has offline support now. Yay!