Google Reader Now Using Google Gears
Since moving to Linux on my notebook I have been using a browser-based feed reader application. That has worked well, but the downside has been no ability to read my feeds while commuting. That has just changed because Google Reader can now use Google Gears for offline news reading!
Yesterday I installed the Google Gears extension for Firefox (on Linux and Mac) and have started using Google Reader. When Firefox was starting I was getting:
When I logged in this morning I got the same error. Then, a message appeared at the top of the Google Reader page saying there was a Google Reader update for Gears. I clicked on the Refresh link provided. So far, no more errors. Nice! You’ve gotta love the Web.
Update: An update to the Google Gears Firefox extentsion just got installed (v0.1.47.0).