Brad Neuberg, Google Gears, and the future of the Web

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on May 12, 2008 2:56 PM EDT
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"I like to make browsers do things that they weren't supposed to do," Brad Neuberg likes to say. As a developer advocate for Google Gears, Neuberg has a wide scope for pursuing this interest, not only as an active developer, but also as a frequent speaker at conferences. His message is that Gears is not a means of working offline with Internet content -- which, so far has been its main function in applications like Google Reader and Google Calendar -- but also a potential universal update mechanism for browsers that could help to keep the Web free.

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Food for thought garymax 2 958 May 14, 2008 7:23 PM

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