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 their users. [7]
