googledocs.blogspot.com — Google Docs now allows you to view and edit your documents offline, without an internet connection. To do all of this, Google Docs uses Google Gears, an open source browser extension that adds offline functionality directly to the browser.
Mar 31, 2008 View in Crawl 4
arobarApr 1, 2008
If you don't get the point of cloud computing, you shouldn't make stupid comments. Yes, I can use MS Office offline. But if I go to another PC I lose all my documents. With GoogleDocs, I could use my documents from any PC, but lost the ability to edit them if I went offline. Now Docs gives you the ability to access your files from any PC, in addition to allowing you to edit them offline.
allyantApr 1, 2008
Lier.
chubbstarApr 1, 2008
uh, if i can download in OpenOffice format id say that yes, they clearly support the OpenDoc standard. its not truly proprietary if they dont force you to use a single format type (theres 6 to choose from).
euvirtualApr 1, 2008
You already download most of the code to your computer. It's javascript. This only stores your docs on your computer until you get connected.
bigellowApr 5, 2008
Opening this document appears to allow offline access to Google Docs:<a class="user" href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pBaa5j_Lw2QXZ8uJRSbQqIA&hl=en">http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pBaa5j_Lw2Q ...</a>
bigellowApr 7, 2008
@DjArcadian, it just sounds like either rememberthemilk.com implemented it incorrectly, or you've got some sort of issue with your machine or your install. Google Gears is specifically designed to cache everything that is necessary for the application to work offline. Every bit of HTML, javascript files, etc... Another thing to keep in mind is that you should not work "offline" using the browser's "work offline" feature. Otherwise, the browser will think you need to go back "online" to access the url. It should be Google Gears which is handling the online/offline status.This Google Spreadsheet is a perfect example of this:<a class="user" href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pBaa5j_Lw2QXZ8uJRSbQqIA&hl=en">http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pBaa5j_Lw2Q ...</a>
evilairmanApr 12, 2008
nice one bastard