Google Gears Enables Web Applications To Work Offline

Ever since the advent of the web-based software application, users have complained about the inability to use the tools while not connected to the Internet. Those days are gone. Enter Google Gears, an open source web browser extension (Windows, Macintosh and Linux) that enables web applications to provide functionality while offline. According to Google the service provides users with the ability to: Store and serve application resources locally Store data locally in a fully-searchable relational database Run asynchronous Javascript to improve application responsiveness Google Gears say their goal is to Read the full article…