The topic has come up a couple of times in class and I know there has been at least one mention of Google Gears. The AJAX Magazine article at the following link addresses some of the functionality and what could be in store for the future of off-line support for web applications. http://ajax.phpmagazine.net/2007/06/offline_web_applications_got_g.htmlThe article mentions a couple of primary problems being encounetered in beta testing of Google Gears, identifying proxy and firewall issues on installation on some PCs. Security is the second big issue, with, among other things, validation of external data presenting the primary challenge.
Overall though, it paints a fairly optimistic picture of off-line support and the potential for new functionality for AJAX applications on the client side, citing inclusion of SQLite and the fact that it's open source and free, as some of the advantages.
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have you seen the new client from Adobe as well. I have not looked at either yet, but plan to download gears.
Josh, Great link; interesting article; lots of good information. Roy
I'm betting on Microsoft.
Thanks for writing this.
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