Google Gears (BETA) - Enabling Offline Web Applications

Lifehacker has a great article on how to use Google Gears to access your Google Reader feeds offline.

What is Google Gears:

Google Gears (BETA) is an open source browser extension that enables web applications to provide offline functionality using following JavaScript APIs:

  • Store and serve application resources locally
  • Store data locally in a fully-searchable relational database
  • Run asynchronous Javascript to improve application responsiveness

Google Gears (BETA) is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.