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The Next Web: Google Letting Gears Go – Declares HTML5 As The Future
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@NeilRobbins html5 doesn't have offline sql support - which is gears most compelling feature? gears still 2b supported http://bit.ly/7x5SwI 12/29/2009 |
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@jeradhill Google Gears is dead: http://bit.ly/8EaIUy 12/16/2009 |
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Good bye goodle gears. HTML 5 welcome . http://bit.ly/8EaIUy 12/16/2009 |
Google Letting Gears Go – Declares HTML5 As The Future
The Next Web —
Well, at least Google knows when they are beaten. Google is setting the sun on the Gears project, citing the coming HTML5 standard as incorporating much of what they had hoped to accomplish with Gears.
For now, Gears is still baked right into Chrome. But as Chrome moves on to the Mac platform, Gears is headed out. Gears never gained traction like other Google projects, such as Gmail.
Google summed it succinctly: “”We are excited that much of the technology in Gears, including offline support and geolocation APIs, are being incorporated ...
Google Dumps Gears for HTML5
ReadWriteWeb —
... As one Google rep told the L.A. Times, "We are excited that much of the technology in Gears, including offline support and geolocation APIs, are being incorporated into the HTML5 spec as an open standard supported across browsers, and see that as the logical next step for developers looking to include these features in their websites." ...
Goodbye, Gears (Sniff!)
Technologizer —
... The L.A. Times’ Mark Milian has blogged about the lack of Gears in Mac Chrome, and the fact that the upcoming, still-unfinished HTML5 standard will feature Gears-like offline features. Milian got a quote from an unnamed Google spokesman: ...
Google Gears’ days may be numbered
VentureBeat —
... The company is being a little vague about its exact plans. The Los Angeles Times reported that Google is “letting the sun set on its Gears project” — not because it isn’t interested web apps with additional capabilities, but because many of those features will be be including in ...
Google Ditching Gears in Mac Chrome
AppScout —
... Google, apparently, is not lamenting the loss. A spokesperson for the software giant told The LA Times, "We are excited that much of the technology in Gears, including offline support and geolocation APIs, are being incorporated into the HTML5 spec as an open standard supported across browsers, and see that as the logical next step for developers looking to include these features in their Websites." ...
Is Google Gears Dead? [Google]
Gizmodo —
It was over two years ago when Google announced Gears, which promised to make Google services—and potentially lots more—available offline. Since then the project has moved at a creep, all but stalling entirely. Chrome, it seems, has died. Mark Milian and Harry McCracken have been collecting the murder evidence, which has been mounting for months: • Gears is not supported in Mac versions of Chrome • Standalone Gears is not supported in Snow Leopard, months after release • Google's been evasive about Gears ...
Google says ‘bye to Gears, hello to HTML5; preps Chrome browser for Apple’s Mac
MacDailyNews —
... of Chrome for the Mac (a developer preview has been available for months), the company is letting the sun set on its Gears project. 'We are excited that much of the technology in Gears, including offline support and geolocation APIs, are being incorporated into the HTML5 spec as an open standard supported across browsers, and see that as the logical next step for developers looking to include these features in their websites,' wrote a Google spokesman in an e-mail." Full article here . ...
Why Google Is Killing Gears & Pushing HTML5 [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... Now, nearly two years later, Stacey has pointed out to me a story in the Los Angeles Times about Google quietly phasing out Google Gears. The company is instead betting the farm ...
Google replaces Gears with HTML5 as it preps Chrome for Mac
Obsessable News Feed —
... Google is leaving behinds its Google Gears API and shifting its focus to the HTML5 protocol because many of Gears' defining features have become part of the HTML5 specifications. HTML5 is the almost universally accepted new ...
Google to quietly move away from Gears, adopt HTML 5
TechSpot —
It's been more than two years since Google launched Gears in an effort to bring offline capabilities to web-based applications. But after the initial excitement over the browser extension and subsequent inclusion in Chrome, it looks like the search giant is scaling back support for the tool. Now that a beta of Google's Chrome browser is becoming available for Mac sans Gears support, and Apple's Snow Leopard doesn't play nicely with the functionality even months after release, a company spokesman has come forward to shed some light into the matter. While there was no formal ...
Google Is Ditching Gears in Favor of HTML5
Webmonkey —
When Google ships the Mac version of its Chrome browser later this month, it will arrive without Gears, the company says.
Google is phasing out Gears, its software for powering things like offline access, geolocation and local data caching in web apps, in favor of similar browser technologies being driven by the wider adoption of HTML5.
A Google spokesperson confirmed this with Mark Milian of the Los Angeles Times:
As Google prepares to release its first beta version of Chrome for the Mac (a developer preview ...
Google Says Adios to Gears, Hola to HTML5 [Web Technology]
Lifehacker —
... across browsers, and see that as the logical next step for developers looking to include these features in their websites," wrote a Google spokesman in an e-mail. It's good news in the long run, but not all that great of news for many in the short-term, considering Gears isn't available (and won't be) for Snow Leopard, and Chrome for Mac won't support Gears. In a nutshell, that means a lot of people won't be able to fully take advantage of either Gears or HTML5 during the interim. [ LATimes ] Send an email to Adam Pash, the author of this post, at ...
Google is phasing out Gears, phasing in HTML5
Download Squad —
... Google Gears has been pushing web applications forward since 2007, allowing them to use local data and run offline. Although Gears is still relevant, Google has announced plans to let it fade away in favor of emerging HTML5 features that do the same things. The big difference is that HTML5 will be universal, and won't require Google to offer support and ensure compatibility. ...
No shocker: Google prefers HTML5 to Gears
Webware.com —
Word from the LA Times is that Google plans to phase out its Gears plug-in in favor of HTML5 when it comes to augmenting browser abilities. The precise details of its enthusiasm for the plug-in aren't clear yet, but the general trajectory is no surprise. Google, along with Mozilla, Opera, Apple, and some other allies, has been agitating for features that can make browsers and the Web into a more powerful foundation for Web sites and Web applications. Gears was an early Google effort in this area. But ...
Google to Retire Gears in Favor of HTML5
Mashable! —
The next big revision of HTML, HTML5, is on the horizon, promising a whole host of new conveniences, including offline support for popular Web applications–something you’re already familiar with if you’re using the Google Gears browser add-on.
In a statement to the L.A. Times via email, a Google spokesperson confirmed that Google is shifting its focus away from Gears toward HTML5, and encourages developers to do so, too. This means that while they’re looking forward to a time when users can enjoy an ...
Google say goodbye to Gears, welcomes HTML5
D' Technology Weblog —
... in Gears, including offline support and geolocation APIs, are being incorporated into the HTML5 spec as an open standard supported across browsers, and see that as the logical next step for developers looking to include these features in their websites". There’re still some issues, though, because HTML5 is still far from universally-adopted, and Google isn't supporting Gears for some browsers. Even Google's own Chrome doesn't work with Gears on a Mac. A Google spokesman announced "We're continuing to support Gears so that nothing breaks for sites that use ...
Google Moving Away from Gears, Towards HTML 5
Maximum PC all RSS Feed —
... Google's Gears may not be long for this world. According to an article in the LA Times, Google is ready to let go of its Gears utility, which, once installed, allows for offline caching of emails, drag and drop file uploading, and the such. The reason? Much of the same functionality is starting to show up in HTML 5. ...
Offline Gmail Becomes Standard Feature (But Still Uses Gears?)
ReadWriteWeb —
... For example, in a recent article in the L.A. Times, a Google spokesperson was quoted as saying "We are excited that much of the technology in Gears, including offline support and geolocation APIs, are being incorporated into the HTML5 spec as an open standard supported across browsers, and see that as the logical next step for developers looking to include these features in their websites." ...
