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Google Abandoning Gears

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the bits-and-buckets dept.

harrymcc noted a story talking about what might be the end of Google Gears. The concept has always been interesting, but it seems that Google is beginning to think of Gears as more of a proof of concept, and that focus will shift to HTML5, which has the same functionality.

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  1. Summary is not accurate by yakatz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Saying that Google is abandoning Gears is not 100% accurate as it has bad connotations.

    Google created Gears to fill the void until browser makers would implement HTML5. Now that they are doing so, Gears is being retired.

    1. Re:Summary is not accurate by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Except for those people who are still using IE 6 or Netscape 4.

      That's their problem. The cost-benefit ratio of supporting those ancient systems (and enabling the defective IT departments that stick with them) just isn't worth it anymore. Let them have their Geocities-era sites and funky rendering while the rest of us enjoy the last decade's worth of progress.

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      Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?