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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Thursday, 28 August 2008 | |
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This is especially convenient for cloud-loving mobile users, who would, for example, be able to access web mail or a web-based calendar while offline. How's it done? Well, it's achieved in part by storing data locally in an SQL database (transparently to the user) and synchronising it with the web application when the connection is restored. Web applications already taking advantage of Gears include Google Reader, Google Docs, Zoho and Remember the Milk. Prior to this week, Gears was only available on Mac OS X for Firefox, and that's still the case for the release version. Firefox is also the supported browser on Windows and Linux, plus Internet Explorer for Windows. The Gears for Safari beta requires at least Safari 3.1.1 on Mac OS X 10.4.11 or 10.5.3. But Mac users who prefer Safari to Firefox probably shouldn't switch their gears into overdrive just yet. Find out why on page two. |
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