Google to Retire Gears in Favor of HTML5

The next big revision of HTML, HTML5, is on the horizon, promising a whole host of new conveniences, including offline support for popular Web applications–something you’re already familiar with if you’re using the Google Gears browser add-on.

In a statement to the L.A.

Times via email, a Google spokesperson confirmed that Google is shifting its focus away from Gears toward HTML5 , and encourages developers to do so, too.

This means that while they’re...