Web applications have always been the source of mis-placed expectations from end-users who have been used to client server applications.
“It should still work when the network or servers are down” was one of the more surprising one that I got a few years back when doing up a web-based solution for a client.
Well, it seems that is what Google wants to achieve with Google Gears, currently in beta.
Already innovative websites have started offering offline web applications, like Remember The Milk, a web-based to-do lists management site that I’m also using.
Unfortunately, the security settings on my current laptop doesn’t seem to allow me to install Google Gears. 
Anyway this is an interesting piece of technology that if it takes off would definitely change the way we use web applications. Keep your eyes on it!
Or maybe develop an offline web application, it could be the next killer application! If that does happen, don’t forget me! 
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