Add Gears to Google Reader
By on May 31st, 2007

Google has released a new software called Google Gears which allows you to take online applications offline. It was a much needed feature for Google Reader which was primarily just used to read feeds online.

But with the help of Google Gears you can destroy that barrier too and take Google Reader offline and read your favorite feeds when you are on the go and do not have a Internet of Wi-Fi connection available.

After you install Google Gears and go to your Google Reader you will see a green icon on the top of the page which will allow you to download 2000 of your latest unread feeds offline.

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Once the feed items have been downloaded you can continue reading the feeds in a offline mode. You can revert back and go back to online mode by clicking on the icon again.

Google Gears also has a official blog from where you can catch up with the latest news and updates to the product.

Now that’s what I love about Google. They always come with such nifty applications that makes so many things easier and I believe this is one of the many more to come out.

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  • http://www.manast.com Manas

    Were you able to use the Offline feature of Reader in Windows ? I tried but it is not working.

  • keith

    It does, maybe it is a bug so you can try on another pc and report to Google, anyways it is not even a product from Google labs so expect lots of bugs in it.

  • http://www.techzilo.com/ TechZilo

    With this, finally Google reader can overcome perhaps its only weakness.

  • http://www.kylescove.com Kyle Eslick

    I’ve been waiting for Google to make a desktop compatible version of Google Reader. Although this isn’t the same, it kind of is and I’m looking forward to trying it.

  • keith

    Yup I bet Gmail will soon have the same functionality to take your mails offline without having to use any other clients :-).

  • http://jaypeeonline.net JaypeeOnline | Blogging News & Reviews

    The only reason why I didn’t use Google Reader before was that I couldn’t use it offline. Now with this development, I’m definitely gonna shift to Google Reader. :D

  • keith

    I used it quite often as where I am I dont go offline ever ;). But still I love this feature as I can simply download the feeds and read them on a bus or train when I am travelling longer distances.

 
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