The first Google solution accessible from offline mode

Jun 7, 2007 09:11 GMT  ·  By

Last week, the Mountain View company debuted what it represented the first Google attempt to go deeper in the offline area and allow the users to access its solutions from elsewhere than from the Internet. The Google Gears tool is a Firefox extension that allows users to use the Google products even from offline mode by downloading all the elements hosted on the web-based service. Google Reader was the first solution that received the new feature, introducing a new button at the top of the window that transfers the content into offline mode.

As I said last week, the extension supports up to 2000 items, the download speed depending on your Internet connection. After you press the Offline button, Google Reader starts transferring the elements on your computer. Obviously, the product will be then available from any location, even if you don't have an Internet connection.

"It's easy to read today's financial news from the New York Times on the train, or catch up on your favorite blog while on a plane 35,000 ft. above the Atlantic. Once you've installed Google Gears, you can download your latest 2,000 items so they're available even when you don't have an Internet connection. Please note, though, that the current version of Google Gears is a developer release, which means you may notice a few kinks here and there. We'll be working hard to iron those out over the coming months, and as always, we welcome your feedback and suggestions as we look to make Google Reader better every day," Chris Wetherell, Software Engineer, said today.

Google Reader was quite lucky for being the first solution that received the Google Gears compatibility and became available from offline mode. This new feature is obviously increasing the product's popularity so it's welcomed to receive more and more revolutionary features.