Firefox 3 to support offline apps
Firefox's next major iteration will feature support for offline applications.
This was revealed by Mozilla developer Robert O'Callahan.
Callahan mentioned that the offline app support builds on a few "quasi-standard" APIs --- "WHATWG client-side storage, jar: URLs, and WHATWG online/offline sensing" -- and will incorporate a new API for "storing application pages in the 'offline cache'".
"That's just a new 'rel' keyword for the element. So it should be pretty easy to add this to any browser," Callahan said.
Google is among those perceived most likely to benefit from this development.
"Although Mozilla is an open source organization, some of its top workers are employed by Google. So it's a very cozy relationship," Read/WriteWeb said.
"The Mountain View company has a number of best-of-breed web apps -- and if it's not building them, it's acquiring them (YouTube, JotSpot, Writely, etc)," so Firefox development plans suits Google's plans as well, the blog said.
This provides "another piece of the Web OS/office puzzle", Google watcher Philip Lenssen said.
Google provides free applications like Gmail, Docs and Spreadsheets, and Calendar that transform the web browser as an online office productivity suite.
This was revealed by Mozilla developer Robert O'Callahan.
Callahan mentioned that the offline app support builds on a few "quasi-standard" APIs --- "WHATWG client-side storage, jar: URLs, and WHATWG online/offline sensing" -- and will incorporate a new API for "storing application pages in the 'offline cache'".
"That's just a new 'rel' keyword for the element. So it should be pretty easy to add this to any browser," Callahan said.
Google is among those perceived most likely to benefit from this development.
"Although Mozilla is an open source organization, some of its top workers are employed by Google. So it's a very cozy relationship," Read/WriteWeb said.
"The Mountain View company has a number of best-of-breed web apps -- and if it's not building them, it's acquiring them (YouTube, JotSpot, Writely, etc)," so Firefox development plans suits Google's plans as well, the blog said.
This provides "another piece of the Web OS/office puzzle", Google watcher Philip Lenssen said.
Google provides free applications like Gmail, Docs and Spreadsheets, and Calendar that transform the web browser as an online office productivity suite.
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