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Google Gears Update Gives Developers New Tools

By Scott Gilbertson February 20, 2008 Categories: Business, Programming

GearsGoogle Gears, which was first released almost a year ago, doesn’t get much press but the project’s main goal — providing your favorite web apps with a way to work offline — is progressing nonetheless.

Google recently unveiled Gears 0.2 with some new methods and tools for developers, including the much-requested support of cross-domain workers, which will allow for more mashup sites to take advantage of Gears.

For more details on the latest version of Google Gears, check out the Gears API documentation.

Of course the big question for users is when will Gears find it’s way into Gmail, allowing you to download and store your e-mail for offline use? The Gmail team hasn’t given any new details regarding when, but we suspect it’s in the works.

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