After announcing much requested
offline
support for Gmail, Google has now revealed that it will roll out an 'offline
enable' tool for
Google
Calendar within a few weeks.
"Google Apps customers have been asking for offline Calendar access, and we
know how important this feature is for users on the go," the company told
vnunet.com.
"We have been testing the feature internally at Google for a while, and plan
to release offline Calendar for wider testing by our most avid business users
within the next few weeks."
The move signals Google's commitment to providing more offline working
capabilities, after having released offline Google Docs last year and Gmail
offline support earlier this week.
The search firm also announced a "flaky connection mode" this week, for
instances when connection is weak and intermittent. Both modes will bring relief
to users who frequently travel by air or train.
Google went on to note that "offline Calendar will provide read-only access
to existing events on Google Calendar using
Gears,
an open-source browser extension that adds offline functionality directly to the
browser".
This means that, when a user is not connected to the internet, Google
Calendar will use information stored on the computer's hard drive rather than
relying on information sent across the network.
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