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Google Gears is Launched

Posted by samzenpus on from the google-google-google dept.

Mister Inbetween writes "Google is rolling out a technology designed to overcome the major drawback faced by all web-based applications: the fact that they don't work without an internet connection. Google Gears is an open source technology for creating offline web applications that is being launched today at Google's annual Developer Day gatherings around the world."

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  1. For those who want to get started... by FST · · Score: 5, Informative

    There are some sample applications available here to help you get started using Google Gears. I found it pretty non-intuitive at the beginning but I think I'm starting to get the hang of it slowly.

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  2. Re:No Safari or Opera Support by compm375 · · Score: 5, Informative
    Did you or the mods read the GP link?

    Google Gears works on the following browsers:

    • Apple Mac OS X (10.2 or higher)
      • Firefox 1.5 or higher
    • Linux
      • Firefox 1.5 or higher
    • Microsoft Windows (XP or higher)
      • Firefox 1.5 or higher
      • Internet Explorer 6 or higher

    Additionally, the team is working on supporting Safari on Mac OS X in a future release.