Google is sunsetting Gears in favor of HTML5!
by Steffan Berelowitz
Steffan Berelowitz founded Bit Group, Inc. in 1995, and over its 14-year history has helped to develop a client list of Fortune 500, mid-market and emerging businesses. In addition to his responsibilities at Bit Group, Steffan served as a trustee of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (MA Software Council) from 2001-2006. Steffan served on the board of directors of the Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston as the chair of the advisory board of the Center for Information Technology of Hebrew College. Steffan is a member of the Boston College Technology Council. He is also a member of the Technology Network, a national network of senior executives from the nation's leading technology companies. Steffan served as an Internet consultant to former senator and presidential candidate Senator Bill Bradley. A graduate of Boston College, Steffan has spent the past 15 years in online services and technology. In 1993, Steffan was one of the key founders of ArtNet.
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HTML5 may be the biggest innovation in browser technology since… perhaps Netscape. It’s really a game changer. I was fascinated to read that Google will be sunsetting Gears in favor HTML5 , though it makes sense given that one of HTML5 coolest features is that it’s designed to support the sometimes connected computer. This means that you’ll be able to continue to interact with Web sites or Web/SaaS applications when you’re offline, they will sync up when you’re back online. Google implemented Gears for that purpose, but when HTML 5.0 is available, it will support that. We’ll soon be able to take advantage of the Cloud even when we’re offline.
(Incidentally and ironically, I write this while flying at 35,000 feet on a wifi connection, so fortunately those offline pockets will become fewer and fewer in the future!)
June 4th, 2010 at 3:55 am
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