Google Phasing Out Gears For HTML5

Kelson writes "Have you noticed that there haven't been many updates to Gears in a while? That's because Google has decided to focus instead on similar capabilities in the emerging HTML5 standard: local storage, database, workers and location cover similar functionality, but natively in the web browser. Of course, since Gears and HTML APIs aren't exactly the same, it's not a simple drop-in replacement, so they'll continue supporting the current version of Gears in Firefox and Internet Explorer. I guess this means the long-anticipated Gears support for 64-bit Firefox on Linux and Opera are moot."

Comments

Re:ADHD?

[Ethanol-fueled]

Agility is not a defecit of attention. They're quicker than other big tech to catch on, ballsy enough to take risks, savvy enough to remain a powerhouse, and honest/polite enough to alert users of a change of direction.

Or Google could be utter crap. But crappier and less trustworthy competition makes Google look like Robin Hoods and all-stars in comparison.

Re:Support not ending for IE

[Daengbo]

There's a difference between implementing proposed components of yet-to-be-gold standards or specifications and implementing whatever the hell you feel like and expecting everyone else to conform. You can see that, can't you?