Comments on: Google Gears http://blog.azazil.net/335-google-gears.html Escaping from the prison of your mind! Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:41:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Gaz http://blog.azazil.net/335-google-gears.html/comment-page-1#comment-10322 Gaz Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:16:09 +0000 http://blog.azazil.net/335-google-gears.html#comment-10322 <p>Hi Pete,</p> <p>I've also heard the rumors about a google desktop that works inside a browser, but I probably don't know any more than you. Personally, I don't think a browser based desktop is likely to completely displace the traditional OS based desktop... but, the convenience of having an always available online desktop along with some browser based applications to manipulate the files on it is impossible to ignore. Even Microsoft have been flirting with (subscription based!) web applications for quite a few years now.</p> <p>With respect to your bad luck with Linux, why not give Mac OS X a spin? Despite complaints of the expense of hardware to run it on, I don't think an equal specification PC based machine from Dell or the like will come in any cheaper. Plus, you'll have a machine capable of running Windows and Linux equally well in the unlikely event that you don't get on with Mac OS.</p> <p>Cheers, Gary</p> Hi Pete,

I’ve also heard the rumors about a google desktop that works inside a browser, but I probably don’t know any more than you. Personally, I don’t think a browser based desktop is likely to completely displace the traditional OS based desktop… but, the convenience of having an always available online desktop along with some browser based applications to manipulate the files on it is impossible to ignore. Even Microsoft have been flirting with (subscription based!) web applications for quite a few years now.

With respect to your bad luck with Linux, why not give Mac OS X a spin? Despite complaints of the expense of hardware to run it on, I don’t think an equal specification PC based machine from Dell or the like will come in any cheaper. Plus, you’ll have a machine capable of running Windows and Linux equally well in the unlikely event that you don’t get on with Mac OS.

Cheers, Gary

]]> By: pete http://blog.azazil.net/335-google-gears.html/comment-page-1#comment-10309 pete Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:16:12 +0000 http://blog.azazil.net/335-google-gears.html#comment-10309 <p>As a tech type (!) do you have any knowledge about the rumours of Google supporting a desktop Linux O/S. Googbuntu has been suggested (what a word!) but Glinux sounds better to me. I love the idea of open source but I've had no joy with Linux distros so far.</p> <p>Thanks.</p> <p>Pete</p> As a tech type (!) do you have any knowledge about the rumours of Google supporting a desktop Linux O/S. Googbuntu has been suggested (what a word!) but Glinux sounds better to me. I love the idea of open source but I’ve had no joy with Linux distros so far.

Thanks.

Pete

]]> By: Gaz http://blog.azazil.net/335-google-gears.html/comment-page-1#comment-10297 Gaz Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:58:36 +0000 http://blog.azazil.net/335-google-gears.html#comment-10297 <p>Yes, Reader is certainly the low hanging fruit. But by <strong>not</strong> doing a great job of a Gears enhanced GMail, google would shoot themselves in the foot, by providing an Open Source infrastructure for disconnected webapp operation on the one hand, and then ignoring the Google application we're all praying for. Someone else will surely tweak Gears, and some OpenSync-a-like faerie dust, and pull the rug out from under GMail with their own offline capable webmail...</p> <p>For sure it's a really hard problem, but the guys at Google are tech-smart and business-smart, so I'd be surprised if they don't have an alpha quality GMail/Gears integration in their labs already! I can hardly wait :-D</p> Yes, Reader is certainly the low hanging fruit. But by not doing a great job of a Gears enhanced GMail, google would shoot themselves in the foot, by providing an Open Source infrastructure for disconnected webapp operation on the one hand, and then ignoring the Google application we’re all praying for. Someone else will surely tweak Gears, and some OpenSync-a-like faerie dust, and pull the rug out from under GMail with their own offline capable webmail…

For sure it’s a really hard problem, but the guys at Google are tech-smart and business-smart, so I’d be surprised if they don’t have an alpha quality GMail/Gears integration in their labs already! I can hardly wait :-D

]]> By: Mark W. Shead http://blog.azazil.net/335-google-gears.html/comment-page-1#comment-10296 Mark W. Shead Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:22:11 +0000 http://blog.azazil.net/335-google-gears.html#comment-10296 <p>The synchronization issue is much less of a problem for the Reader than about anything else. Once you read a feed item it marks it as read. Most of the features that would be difficult to sync aren't available offline.</p> <p>Gmail presents a much bigger challenge in my opinion, but if they keep it really simple, they may be able to pull it off.</p> The synchronization issue is much less of a problem for the Reader than about anything else. Once you read a feed item it marks it as read. Most of the features that would be difficult to sync aren’t available offline.

Gmail presents a much bigger challenge in my opinion, but if they keep it really simple, they may be able to pull it off.

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