DISQUS

Chris J. Davis · 2 years ago

I know what you mean. I am thinking of ways to use Google Gears to make Habari a bit more robust. It should be exciting.

josue · 2 years ago

I totally agree with you, Colin. This is going to be huge.

Todd Jordan · 2 years ago

"Enter Google Gears - which provides developers with the needed technology to make their entire applications portable not just the data. The first example Google chose to show off Gears with is Google Reader (a really great example). Google Reader, up until a few days ago, was a way to read your favorite sites by subscribing to their feeds but its use was limited to when you were connected to the Internet. Google Gears allows you to use Google Reader, at least most of the application, offline. You connect to the Internet, download your latest feed subscription’s updates, get offline, and you’re still able to read the feeds that you’ve cached on your local system. What’s more is that you are able to flag those items and Google Reader will sync with your Google Reader account once an Internet connection is available."

What most amazes me about this? The fact that technology similar to this has existed for years in the form of BBS client software! (I used to run a BBS back in the day.)

That said, this is a great article and I agree that this will bring a new facet to our lives on the web.