2007-05-31
Google Gears for Offline Web Application Support
Google have announced the release of Google Gears, a browser extension and set of Javascript libraries for offline web application support. Supported browsers are Internet Explorer 6.0+ and Firefox 1.5+.
The library provides support for:
- Storing and serving application resources locally
- Storing data locally in a fully-searchable relational database
- Running Javascript asynchronously
Google Reader now has support for offline usage using Google Gears.