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Dante-Gabryell MonsonThe 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
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09 Oct 08
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Mariko HayashidaGoogleの次世代ウェブ・プラットフォーム、Gearsについては、ウェブ・アプリケーションをオフラインで利用することだけが（あるいは主にそれが）目的だという誤解が広まっているようだ。事実は、 Googleの野望はとてもそんなところに収まってはいない。Gearsのブラウザ拡張機能はそのような誤解をはるかに超えて多機能であり、広範囲な影響を与えるものだ。Gearsの全体としての目標は、ウェブ・アプリケーションにデスクトップ・アプリケーションと同等の機能を与えることにある。その手段として、さまざまな種類のOS上のさまざまな種類のブラウザのエクステンションがサポートされている。Google独自のブラウザ、Chromeがリリースされたが、ChromeにはGearsがあらかじめインストールされているため、ユーザーは後からGearsをインストールする必要がなくなった。 これによってChromeは一種の「スーパー・ブラウザ」となっている。Gears というテクノロジーが長期的に意味するところは明らかだ。Gearsのような拡張機能の助けを借りて、ブラウザがますます強力になるに連れて、デスクトップ・アプリケーションをインストールする必要がますます薄れていく。（つまりWindowsとOfficeというMicrosoftの2大「金の成る木」が絶滅危惧種に転落する）。
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08 Oct 08
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FirstN@me L@stN@meThere's a common misconception that Google's next-gen web platform called Gears only (or even primarily) enables offline capabilities for web applications. The truth ...
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06 Oct 08
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Antonio VolponThere’s a common misconception that Google’s “next-gen” web platform called Gears only (or even primarily) enables offline capabilities for web applications. The truth of the matter is that Google’s ambitions are far greater, and the browser extension’s c
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05 Oct 08
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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).
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The overall goal of Gears is to bestow upon web applications much of the same functionality enjoyed by desktop apps.
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The long-term consequence of this technology is clear: as browsers become more and more powerful with the assistance of initiatives like Gears, there become fewer and fewer reasons to install and run desktop applications
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But before that can happen, Gears and similar technologies need to truly enable desktop-like functionality within the browser (or more accurately, they need to enable desktop-like functionality for web applications that traditionally operate only within the browser).
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Client-side webpage serving - Gears can essentially turn your computer into a server of webpages and other flat data files for when regular web servers can’t be reached.
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Desktop shortcuts - For web apps to act like desktop apps, they need to open like them, too. So Gears makes it easier for developers to place shortcut icons on the desktop that users can use to open web apps with the standard double click.
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With Gears, it’s possible for users to select multiple files at a time and batch upload them, saving you time and tediousness.
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Geolocation - For mobile devices that can determine the user’s current location, Gears makes this geolocation information available to applications running within the browser.
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Permission to access a user’s position must be granted through a special dialog, preventing unwanted snooping.
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With the so-called “WorkerPool” API, time-intensive processes can run in the background where they won’t slow down your general experience. The result: web apps feel more snappy because they don’t get bogged down as often.
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Progress bars
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File resumption
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On-screen notifications
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In the long run, we might see support for complex 3D graphics that take full advantage of your computer’s graphics card. Upload functionality could get integrated into the menus that pop up when you right click on files. And web apps could get loaded at startup or triggered in any number of other ways throughout your computer’s operating system (and its native desktop applications).
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Alan LevineThe 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
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04 Oct 08
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The overall goal of Gears is to bestow upon web applications much of the same functionality enjoyed by desktop apps
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The long-term consequence of this technology is clear: as browsers become more and more powerful with the assistance of initiatives like Gears, there become fewer and fewer reasons to install and run desktop applications
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With the Gears Database API, websites can now establish databases on the client-side (i.e. your computer), allowing for quicker program speeds and certain offline capabilities (for when you can’t get online to query remote databases).
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Gears can essentially turn your computer into a server of webpages and other flat data files for when regular web servers can’t be reached.
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There’s a common misconception that Google’s “next-gen” web platform called Gears only (or even primarily) enables offline capabilities for web applications. The truth of the matter is that Google’s ambitions are far greater, and the browser extension’s c
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