Google gears has always been an interesting concept to me. The interest is more from a “WTF?!” perspective than “I wan’t to code for that” perspective. I’m noticing more and more sites using it. WordPress is using it – called “Turbo” – and both Google Reader and Google Calendar are using it. No Gmail support yet?
I’m fortunate to pretty much always be online. Everywhere and expect to use my laptop I have a net connection. For the cases were there isn’t a net connection I have my phone. I do my laptop and phone setup for modem use – but I’m such an avid mobile enthusiast that I’ve not had to use it yet.
Does anyone have any good examples of Gears in use?
My dad has written some software (windows app) that lets his kids train on their math skills. He has seen them increase in math dramatically since they’ve been using it. I think its a great idea and prime for a web app. There is even the potential for a vertical social network where kids can anonymously compare themselves against their class – see how their doing, etc. Schools could use it to tout their proficiency and rates themselves against other schools in the district. As far as performance related payments for teachers go it provides the ability to view which teacher has aided their class the most.
Is gears a candidate for this? Kids using online educational software means they spend more time in front of the machine and theoretically more time able to be led astray by perverts, predators, etc. All the flexibility of a web app running without a network connection does sound pretty appealing.
