Comments on: Gears are turning for offline Google Docs editing

By: Greg C

Greg C — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:07:45 +0000

Kevin, if you are using Google Docs for your writing, you might find this article interesting - using Googole Docs to write a book. Some good tips in the article and the book sounds like something to look forward to.

http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-01-23-n82.html

By: Chris K

Chris K — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:55:14 +0000

Even with an always-online device, Gears is still a good idea. If you lose signal, for example, a cache will save your bacon.

It would be awesome to have a full cache of docs on all of my devices, synched up to the cloud, available for my use no matter where I am.

Music, of course, is a lot dicier...

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:38:58 +0000

>>>I doubt we'll see Gears for it.

Apple and Google are like cousins. You might be surprised.

But I'd really rather have Pocket iWork!

By: turn_self_off

turn_self_off — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:10:35 +0000

isnt mozilla working on a similar system?

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:56:44 +0000

Gears is only supported in IE and Firefox currently, not even Safari on the Mac. Since the iPhone always has connectivity, I doubt we'll see Gears for it.

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:25:43 +0000

Does this Gears stuff work on the iPhone?

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:23:26 +0000

I will be very happy to see the gears service go live.