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by Rusky 5670 days ago
NaCl has nothing to do with offline web apps, and Gears requires a browser plugin while HTML5 solutions do not. But some form of offline access would be great in any browser until data plans become as ubiquitous as home phone lines.
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NaCl has nothing to do with offline web apps

But I'd love to run offline native apps with it. All of those photo editing apps NaCl is supposed to make snappy? I definitely want to run those offline.

Gears requires a browser plugin

Google controls the distro!

while HTML5 solutions do not

It doesn't matter how it happens, but mitigating offline pain will be a key factor in hooking the next generation of users on cloud usage patterns.