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Gears, formerly Google Gears, was software offered by Google that "enables more powerful web applications, by adding new features to the web browser. It allows some online files to be used offline". Released under the BSD license, Gears is free and open source software.

Gears, formerly Google Gears, was software offered by Google that "enables more powerful web applications, by adding new features to the web browser. It allows some online files to be used offline". Released under the BSD license, Gears is free and open source software.

In late November 2009, numerous online news sources reported that Google was going to migrate to Web Storage rather than use Gears in the future. A Google spokesman later clarified that Google would, however, continue to support Gears so as not to break sites using it. On 22 November 2011, Google announced that on 1 December 2011, Gears support would be removed from Gmail and Google Calendar. Gears was removed from Google Chrome stable on June 7, 2011.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_gears

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Is there a good jQuery Drag-and-drop file upload plugin?

Is there a nice tidy jQuery plugin that allows including a single JS script then using a simple snippet to enable a form? Something like this: $j('#MyForm').enableDragDropUploads('.upload-area') With the upload target being the action of the…
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How does Google calculate my location on a desktop?

Right this is confusing me quite a bit, i'm not sure if any of you have noticed or used the "my location" feature on google maps using your desktop (or none GPS/none mobile device). If you have a browser with google gears (easiest to use is Google…
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Dynamically set value of a file input

Is there a way to set the value of a file input () or is that all blocked for security? I'm trying to use google gears' openFiles to make a simple multi-uploader. Note: The answer(s) below reflect the state of legacy browsers…
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JavaScript multithreading

I'm working on comparison for several different methods of implementing (real or fake) multithreading in JavaScript. As far as I know only webworkers and Google Gears WorkerPool can give you real threads (ie. spread across multiple processors with…
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Has anyone used Google Gears in an Enterprise scenario?

I want to create an application which will have a client and server components. The client may not be connected to the internet all the time, and hence will have to store data locally and then sync with the server whenever the internet connection is…
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Will web applications replace desktop applications?

Will everything go to the cloud? If so, in which direction? Google-Gears? Flash,AIR,JavaFX? See also: Does desktop development matter?
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Foreign key isn't being enforced

Why is the following foreign key constraint (although executes fine) not enforced by SQLite? How can I go about enforcing the relationship? CREATE TABLE User ( UserID TEXT Unique NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, FirstName TEXT NOT NULL, LastName…
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Is Google Gears Really a Long-term Solution?

I am thinking about using Gears in a project, but I have doubts about it. Do you think that Gears will really be (or already were) accepted by the community as the state-of-art solution for what it purposes? Although Gears seems to be awesome, I…
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Is there a way to get the users location without having the user install Google Gears?

I don't want to have the user install Google Gears so I can show him his guessed location. Is there a way to get the location without having to use Google Gears? I have found http://www.wipmania.com/de/blog/google-geolocation-api/ but it does not…
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Complete list of Google Gears enabled sites

Is there a complete list of Google Gears enabled sites? I'm aware of rememberthemilk.com, google docs and google calendar
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HTML 5 Reference Implementations

I'm looking for a good article or description of what HTML 5 actually is or isn't. At Google I/O last year, I kept hearing that Google Gears can be thought of as a reference implementation of HTML 5. Shortly thereafter Yahoo's BrowserPlus plugin…
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Handling file uploads with JavaScript and Google Gears, is there a better solution?

So - I've been using this method of file uploading for a bit, but it seems that Google Gears has poor support for the newer browsers that implement the HTML5 specs. I've heard the word deprecated floating around a few channels, so I'm looking for a…
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Google Geolocation API library

Is there a library out there that will get you your approximate location using the google service (https://www.google.com/loc/json)? Google Gears has support for it as described here http://code.google.com/p/gears/wiki/GeolocationAPI There is also…
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Client Side Persistence (Storage)

In my demos, I'd like to avoid using traditional DBs and store all the data on the client side, e.g. information submitted via a form. What alternatives do I have for that. I've heard about Gears but I don't have any practical experience. Can I also…
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Google Gears drag and drop upload

I recently watched the google wave video from google i/o where they said you can drag and drop files from windows explorer to the browser and upload them using gears. Can someone point me in the right direction to do this myself? I've browsed around…
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