Dojomino :: Offline Dojo, Google Gears and DOLS

In reading up on Google Gears, I was amused by this post from Brad Neuberg and his gripe about not being acknowledged as being first for web-based offline capability.

While I'm extremely glad to have this capability in Dojo, and I'm glad there's something available from Google now...let's see...if memory serves me correctly DOLS (Domino Off-Line Services) was first introduced when? Oh yeah, around 1999. To be fair, I'm am making a bit of fun here as DOLS requires a client install of some additional software so it is not completely browser driven as is the case with Dojo Offline and Google Gears, and I really don't mean to disparage their work.

Of more relevant interest is the work going on now that will take the original Dojo Offline capability and move its APIs to run on top of Google Gears.

May 30th, 2007 - Google, Dojo, and SitePen announce porting effort to move the Dojo Offline APIs on top of Google Gears. The current download is using the older Dojo Offline runtime, which we will be deprecating moving into the future. The ported Dojo Offline will be available in two weeks.

Which means we should be seeing it any day now

UPDATE: Found another reference to the upcoming integration at SitePen along with a podcast about Dojo Offline + Google Gears.

Comments

1 - Thought I'd seen that, but wasn't sure how close the comparison was between that and the DOLS client.

BTW: Love that { Link } mind map entry. That's very, very slick.

Posted by Lance At 12:42:49 PM On 06/21/2007 | - Website - |

2 - Thanks. :)

Posted by Tim Tripcony At 09:24:05 AM On 06/24/2007 | - Website - |

3 - So with IBM making increasing use of dojo, what do you think are the chances we may see DOLS fall into line too?

Posted by Simon Scullion At 12:12:37 AM On 06/18/2007 | - Website - |

4 - Damien Katz, { Link } has also commented on this:

"...For bidirectional synchronization, SQL is just the wrong model and Gears doesn't solve any of the hard parts of making occasionally connected applications work. Notes got this right sooo long ago, why does everyone else keep making the same mistakes?"

Posted by Lance At 09:35:33 AM On 06/24/2007 | - Website - |

5 - No idea. I never used DOLS that much, but it seemed pretty functional when I did. Combine a potential low demand with a working product and I bet it would be fairly low on their priority list.

Posted by Lance At 01:35:56 AM On 06/18/2007 | - Website - |

6 - Technically, Google Gears requires a client install as well, so it's not entirely browser-based either. Haven't (knowingly) used Dojo Offline yet...

Posted by Tim Tripcony At 12:33:17 PM On 06/21/2007 | - Website - |