Gears

Use your favorite web applications without requiring an Internet connection.

Gears is a utility by Google that greatly expands the possibilities offered by your browser, by means of which you will be able to easily access a large amount of web applications without having to be connected to Internet all the time. Thus, you will be able to make full use of various web services by storing part of its information locally.

  This software, that is included per default in Google Chrome can easily be installed in other browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari. Once you have added it to your favorite browser, you will be able to decide if you want it to be used each time that you visit a website that is compatible.

  Among some of the improvements that will be added to your browser your will find the possibility to store cache to work without connection or the use of the geolocation API.

  Some of the sites that have used Gears in their implementation are Google Reader, Picasa, Google Docs, MySpace, Zoho Writter, or Wordpress.

  Download Gears and add this essential complement to your browser.