Zoho Writer Adds Offline Capability, I Think

Firefox, originally uploaded by Stowe Boyd.

I was alerted to the release of a new version of Zoho Writer that supports offline capabilities, via Google Gears. They had a version until today that only allowed read-only access to documents offline; today's release supports offline editing and sync. But I couldn't install the Google Gears add-on for Firefox, and it is incompatible with Safari.

So I guess it works.... Have to wait for someone in this value chain to fix things. Maybe I will have to go back to an earlier release of Firefox, and drop the beta 3.0b1.

Sigh. Demonstrates the issues with many moving parts, where Zoho relies on Google Gears: Zoho can't just release a new version of Gears, since it's out of their control, and Google could care less, really, about Zoho, who is a competitor.

Comments

[Arvind]

Sorry, Stowe. Hope Google Gears supports Firefox 3 soon.

[Zoli Erdos]

Stowe, I bet Google will care when Google Reader stops working in offline mode - which means they won't let it happen. I'm sure there will be a Google Gears update before FireFox 3.0 general availability. You're living life in the fast (beta) lane :-)

[Raju Vegesna]

Stowe:

Most of the plugins don't work with FF 3b1 including Gears. Once Gears starts working, you'll be able to work offline using Zoho.