Google Gears: Take Your Online Apps Offline

The only problem with Google’s web applications, is that you need to be ONLINE to use them. Google Gears hopes to fix that. Gears is a browser extension using Java, that enables web applications to provide offline functionality. So, now you can load up your favorite enabled Google applications (Think Writely, or Feed Catcher) when you DON’T have an internet connection.

The Google Gears Beta is currently available for Windows XP, Vista, Mac and Linux.

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