Google gears is an open source browser extension that allows developers to build web applications which can work offline.
It is a cross platform plugin helping developers to build content that can work offline as well as online. It primarily uses JavaScript API's .
A light weight 700k installer which binds 3 API's together.
1.Local server - to cache the data , images , javascript locally
2.A database based on SQLite - a relational database to search data
3.Asynchronous Javascript - to handle synchronisation between the offline and online content and preventing the browser from overburdening itself.
The currently google geared enabled product is the "Google Reader"and there are a few more to come .
Works on Windows , MAC , Linux and requires Internet explorer 6 > and Firefox 1.5 >
Looks like a stiff competition to MS Silverlight and co. Lets see what happens ....
A technical know how to google gears : Googlegears Slide
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