Maybe I’m a little late with my news, but I fired up Google Reader just then and noticed the following.
It’s a Firefox extension called Google Gears. After installing it opened Google Reader and I had the option to go into offline mode. I clicked yes and saw the following dialog.
Gmail is probably next. I remember Calacanis making a comment on the Gilmor Gang ages ago when Zimbra released its offline product that it won’t be long before Google does it and nobody uses Zimbra anymore. Well it seems like that day is coming soon. Well, maybe not the Zimbra bit.
It seems that Google wants this to become a de-facto standard for offline apps. As Scoble points out, David Berlind has an excellent post and interview about the product.
