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Google waving goodbye to Gears, hello to HTML5

• FreeRadical 17y ago
  Learning more about Google Gears was always on my to do list, I guess I can cross it off now.
  • davidw 17y ago
    That's the thing about having a todo list that's the right length. By not getting around to it, you can avoid wasting lots of time with stuff that comes and goes in a flash. I remember someone told me I should learn about CORBA 10+ years ago. I'm glad I didn't get around to it.
    • symesc 17y ago
      Brilliant! No one gets everything done that could be done. The difference between winners and losers is knowing what to leave undone.
      • electromagnetic 17y ago
        Or being just the right kind of lazy so that time decides it for you.
• est 17y ago
  Browsers that do not support HTML5 were not obsolete in one day.
  • ibsulon 17y ago
    But aren't you getting excited about the web development you'll able to do in 6-8 years?
• yardie 17y ago
  I thought I read somewhere that Gears was always a stopgap until HTML5 got off the ground. A lot of blogs are reporting that google is dumping gears for HTML5. That is really strong language considering most browsers don't support HTML5 so it will be a few years before Google stops its work on Gears. Hell I've got a VM with IE6. Not because I want to but because there are a few stragglers out there that can't or won't update their browser.