Gear Up for Google Gears

Offline web apps from Google, anyone? I’m sure lots of web app faves will raise their hands.

The Google engineers have now made things more fun for the geekos who are simply obsessed with Google apps because they’re now offering them as a browser plugin that can be used OFFLINE - Google Gears.

For you to install this plugin, your computer should meet the following system requirements:

• Windows XP/Vista
• Firefox 1.5+ and Internet Explorer 6.0+
Google Gears (BETA) is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux

As a concrete example of what you can do with Google Gears, Google Reader, the RSS reader service from Google, can be used offline if you have Google Gears. Now what could be cooler than that?

Full press release

Tags: Google Gears, Google Reader, Web Apps