The eagle-eyed Google Blogoscoped forum noticed that Google Gears has started prompting some users to enable offline support. Tony Ruscoe looked through some of the JavaScript code on the page, and managed to scrounge up two different lines that provide definite clues that Google Gears support for Google Calendar is coming soon.
Typing javascript:_olp_showPromo(); into the address bar of your browser while viewing Google Calendar will display the popup pictured above. It implies that Google Gears will support 3 months of calendar data, which should be more than enough for anyone wanting offline access.
Typing javascript:void((function(){if (3!=0) {_GenSettings(3);}})()) into the address bar will show the settings page for Google Gears. And no, the changes you make here are not saved.
It’s apparent that Google Gears support is definitely on its way, but Google isn’t quite ready to launch it yet. Hopefully Gmail is just around the corner because it would complete the trifecta: calendar, email, and RSS reader!
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Tags: Google, Google Calendar, Google Gears, Settings
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If they integrated this with the tasklist that would be awesome.
They normally release multiple features at the same time, so when they announce Google Gears that could definitely be a possibility.
Will it be saved even after clearing the browser cache?
If I remember correctly all of the Google Gears data is not stored in your browser’s cache. That would be bad for anyone that clears that data out each time the browser closes.
It is a great improvement giving us offline access for the calendar, now all they need to do is give us the ability to link between gmail and the calendar and google might have a competitor for outlook.