http://blogs.msdn.com/dthorpe/archive/tags/Gears+API/default.aspxTags: Gears APIenCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/dthorpe/archive/2007/05/31/quot-undisclosed-browser-technology-quot.aspxThu, 31 May 2007 20:29:38 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3010753dthorpe5http://blogs.msdn.com/dthorpe/comments/3010753.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/dthorpe/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3010753<p>When people ask what I worked on at Google and I answer "undisclosed browser technology", I think some&nbsp;folks think I'm just being coy or obnoxious.&nbsp; The truth is, I'm required to say that publicly and privately until Google publicly announces the technology or its derivatives.</p> <p>Well, that day has finally come.&nbsp; Yesterday Google announced the <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/gears/">Google Gears API</a>, a set of browser plugins that provide client-side local storage and related services.&nbsp; </p> <p>I&nbsp;was a founding member of that project and helped draft the&nbsp;specs and write the early iterations through proof of concept and functional prototype stages.&nbsp; They've made a lot of fit &amp; finish improvements over the past year (and a perhaps a few changes in focus to navigate Google's internal politics), but I can still recognize a few bits here and there.</p> <p>Congratulations to my old teammates for getting Gears out the door: <a href="http://linus.com/">Linus Upson</a>, Mike Tsao, Michael Nordman, Eric Arvidsson, <a href="http://www.youngpup.net/">Aaron Boodman</a>&nbsp;and the rest of the gearheads!&nbsp; ;&gt;</p><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3010753" width="1" height="1">ProgrammingwebGoogleGears API