Safari for Mac users don’t have to suffer from PC envy any longer when it comes to their browser, thanks to the announcement of Google Gears for Safari, which allows users to browse some of their favorite websites without a connection to the Web.

For example, Safari for Mac (Leopard 10.5.3 or Tiger 10.4.11) will now be able to access all Gears-enabled sites such as Zoho Office, WordPress, the new YouTube uploader, and Google Docs without Internet access. This is ideal when traveling where you might not necessarily have access to a reliable connection, and helps makes Web-based office apps a more viable alternative to desktop apps.

Read more: mashable.com 

Labels: Apple, browser, Gears, Macintosh, Safari

Google Gears is an open source project that enables more powerful web applications, by adding new features to your web browser:

· Store and serve application resources locally
· Store data locally in a fully-searchable relational database
· Run asynchronous Javascript to improve application responsiveness

Google Gears is available for Windows, Windows Mobile, Mac, and Linux

Download: Google Gears 0.3.24.3 

Labels: browser, Gears, javascript, Linux, Macintosh, mobile, Windows

Transmission revamp

Google Gears now works in Mozilla’s upcoming Firefox 3 web browser.

The company hasn’t made an official announcement as yet but the Gears code site lists Firefox 3 support for release candidate two. A Google spokesman also confirmed it to El Reg today.

Originally dubbed Google Gears, the online apps project had its moniker truncated last month because the internet giant wants it to become a Silicon Valley orgy love-in for cloud computing-obsessed web programmers.

Full story: theregister.co.uk 

Labels: browser, Firefox, Gears, Mozilla

Los Angeles (dbTechno) - MySpace has announced that they are going to be using Google Gears to help make their social-networking site easier for users to navigate through and use.

MySpace users will see an installation for Google Gears appear the next time that they go into their mailbox.

It is available for all MySpace users as of today, and will be a quick and easy install.

Once it is in place, users will be able to use a quick search feature which will allow them ot find anything they need in their inbox.

Read more: dbtechno.com 

Labels: Gears, MySpace, Network, social

Oslo, Norway — May 29, 2008

Opera Software announced today it will support Gears in its desktop and mobile browsers. The inclusion of Gears in Opera’s main browsing products supports Opera’s vision of transforming the browser into a full platform for applications, regardless of device.

“Opera will have full support for Gears on mobile when they launch this year,” said Charles Wiles, Product Manager for mobile web apps at Google. “Opera Mobile 9.5 will be a great example of a high-quality browser on a mobile platform that supports Gears. This marks the coming of age of the browser as the platform for application development on mobile devices.”

Read more: opera.com 

Labels: browser, Gears, opera, Software

Online apps go offline

Google is introducing new code to allow Google Docs to be used offline.

Users will be offered offline access to docs.google.com over the coming weeks allowing them to work on documents when web access is unavailable.

On reconnecting to the internet any changes will be automatically synchronised, the company said in a statement.

Read more: vnunet.com 

Labels: apps, docs, Gears, Internet, offline

Google Gears (BETA) is an open source browser extension that enables web applications to provide offline functionality using following JavaScript APIs:

· Store and serve application resources locally
· Store data locally in a fully-searchable relational database
· Run asynchronous Javascript to improve application responsiveness

Google Gears (BETA) is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux

Download: Google Gears 0.1.54.0 Beta | Google Gears 0.2.2.0 Developer Release 

Labels: browser, Gears, javascript, Linux, Macintosh, Windows

FRAMINGHAM (06/01/2007) - Mozilla Corp. is gung-ho on support for offline applications, but it's not committed to using the just-announced Google Gears technologies in the next Firefox, an executive of the open-source developer said Friday.

There's no question that Firefox 3.0, scheduled to launch later this year, will work with offline applications, said Mike Shaver, Mozilla's director or ecosystem development. What's up in the air is whether Firefox will use Gears' three application programming interfaces (APIs) to build its support, or whether the browser will rely on the work already done by paid and volunteer developers.

Read more: pcworld.ca 

Labels: browser, Firefox, Gears, Mozilla

Google Gears (BETA) is an open source browser extension that enables web applications to provide offline functionality using following JavaScript APIs:

· Store and serve application resources locally
· Store data locally in a fully-searchable relational database
· Run asynchronous Javascript to improve application responsiveness

Google Gears (BETA) is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux

Download: Google Gears 0.1.47.0 Beta 

Labels: browser, Gears, javascript, Linux, Macintosh, Windows

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- With the passing of each fiscal quarter, it's increasingly clear Google's got a good thing going connecting the world to the fruits of Web developer labor. And it's not about to let up.

Today at its Google Developer Day event here, Google vice president Jeff Huber emphasized the search giant's plans to help developers "integrate, reach and build." In his keynote address, Huber brought out a series of company engineers to talk about the latest tools, Google Mashup Editor, Mapplets and Gears.

Full article: internetnews.com 

Labels: developers, Gears, Mapplets, Mashup

When Google announced its latest foray into an area of software in which Microsoft holds dominance, it was hard to miss the swipes aimed at Redmond. The search giant has decided that it will no longer confine itself to online-only technologies, but wants to live in the offline world and compete with Microsoft there as well.

Yesterday, at Google Developer Day 2007 in Sydney, Australia, Google announced Google Gears, an open-source program "for creating offline Web applications," according to Google's press release.

Read more: reddevnews.com 

Labels: docs, Gears, office, Spreadsheets