Sessions at @media Ajax 2008 about HTML5

Monday 15th September 2008

• Updating the Web with Gears

  by Dion Almaer

  Gears started out with three components: A Database API to expose a full SQLite engine for storage, LocalServer to proxy content when offline, and a WorkerPool API for thread-like behaviour in JavaScript. All of these components enable more than offline, they are tools in your toolbox for more responsive user experiences on the Open Web.

  Since then, we have released new versions that upgrade the components, and add news one such as a Desktop API. We have other great things in the works such as APIs for: Notifications, Audio, FileSystem, ResumableHTTP, and much more.

  See how they all maps into HTML 5, and let's see where we can take the Web from here.

  • Google Gears
  • HTML5

  At 2:40pm to 3:40pm, Monday 15th September

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