"The overall goal of Gears is to bestow upon web applications much of the same functionality enjoyed by desktop apps. And it’s doing so through a browser extension that can be installed for a range of browsers (Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer) on a range of operating systems (Windows, Windows Mobile, Mac OS, and Linux). With the release of Google’s own Chrome browser, some users don’t even have to install Gears; it just comes pre-loaded, making Chrome a super browser of sorts from the get-go."
Dojo 1.2’s new dojox.rpc.OfflineRest module automates the local storage of data and synchronization by leveraging the Dojo Data and REST abstractions. The OfflineRest module augments the JsonRest service in Dojo such that requests are cached in local storage for offline access, and modification requests (put, post, and delete) modify the cache and are recorded for delivery to the server
alternative parsers for mediawiki. splitting mw into
document rendering (wikitext)
app development (special pages)
alternate backend
command line tools
google gears offline mode
Dojo Offline is an open-source toolkit that makes it easy to create sophisticated, offline web applications.
It sits on top of Google Gears, a plugin from Google that helps extend web browsers with new functionality.
Dojo Offline is an open-source toolkit that makes it easy to create sophisticated, offline web applications.
It sits on top of Google Gears, a plugin from Google that helps extend web browsers with new functionality.
Google Gears is an open source browser plugin that will enable developers to create offline web applications using JavaScript APIs.
As a developer, you'll be able to make an application with the assurance that it will work offline and online across browsers.
There is no doubt that Rich Internet Applications remain a major battleground for the industry along with and complementary to Ad-based revenue models and cloud-computing. Will Gears take a similar path as Flash and become as much adopted by Web sites and