The latest nail in the coffin of ThinClients:
There are several major API components to Gears (from WikiPedia):
- A Database module (powered by SQLite) that can store data locally (See NimbleDatabase).
- A WorkerPool module that provides parallel execution of JavaScript code.
- A LocalServer module that caches and serves application resources (HTML, JavaScript, images, etc)
- A Desktop module that lets web applications interact more naturally with the desktop.
- A Geolocation module that lets web applications detect the geographical location of their users.
Can anyone honestly say, that after eating this 10000 KiloCalories, WebBrowsers as ThinClients still have a future?
GoogleGears future has passed http://gearsblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/stopping-gears.html