More on offline web applications - Google Gears

Google announced Google Gears at Google Developer Day 2007.

Google Gears is an open source browser plugin that will enable developers to create offline web applications using JavaScript APIs. As a developer, you’ll be able to make an application with the assurance that it will work offline and online across browsers.

Google Reader is the first online application to offer “Gears-enabled offline capabilities”. After you load the Gears plugin you get a new icon at the top of your Reader window which enables offline capabilities of Google Reader.

The great news about Google Gears is that Dojo and Google are working together; Dojo Offline has been ported to use Google Gears as the base platform.

Ajaxian has interviewed Brad Neuberg from Dojo Offline, listen to the podcast.