Google Pulls The Plug On Gears

via TechCrunchBack in 2007 Google put out Gears, a way for Browsers to interact with a computer in ways that were otherwise impossible. For example, Google Gears heralded the offline use of GMail. Well, in 2010, many of these features can be duplicated, or even improved, through other means like HTML5. As of this week, Google is killing off Google Gears for Safari with Firefox and IE still supported, but sure to follow close behind. Google realizes that even though many modern browsers support much of the functionality of Gears, there isn't yet a smooth way to transition from Gears to modern implements, but they assure us that it's soon to come. Developers working in Gears, it might be time for you to think about other platforms.