Google Gears goes prime-time on YouTube

Gears might now gain some traction, with the people I try to persuade into using it, as it’s install base grows. Components There are several major API components to Gears: A Database module (powered by SQLite) that stores the data offline.[3] A WorkerPool module that provides parallel execution of JavaScript code.[4] A LocalServer module that caches and serves application resources (HTML, JavaScript, images, etc).[5] A Desktop module that lets web applications interact more naturally with the desktop.[6] A Geolocation module that lets web applications detect the geographical location of...