Going Offline With Google Gears

摘要

In recent times, Web applications have replaced the job of various desktop applications. Office Document desktop applications for instance, are now available through online web applications. The reason these web applications are gaining an edge over desktop applications is that they have the same usability functions like desktop applications. Besides, web applications are available across any platform through a web browser. The implementation of AJAX tools gives the web applications a desktop like feel, but unlike desktop applications, web applications are available only when you are online. Now suppose the kind of offline functionality that a desktop mail client like Thunderbird or Outlook provides, wherein even if you aren't connected to Internet, you can compose, view and delete mail messages, and when the Internet connection is restored, these messages are synchronized with the mail server. This kind of offline functionality can now be incorporated into online web applications as well, thanks to Google Gears.