Looks like the Google Calendar/Google Gears combo is getting near. While at Google Calendar I executed the following in the address bar of my browser:

javascript:_olp_showPromo();

I was immediately greeted with this:

gcal_ggears1.png

I went ahead with the Google Gears installation and restarted my browser. Upon returning to Google Calendar, I found these on the resulting page:

gcal_ggears1a.png

gcal_ggears2.png

I went ahead and allowed Google Calendar to use Google Gears, however, now I keep getting this page when I go to Google Calendar:

gcal_ggears3.png

Clicking the Save or Cancel button will then bring up the Calendar. There are no links or controls on the Calendar (yet) for utilizing the offline feature. Looks like they are very close though.

11 Responses to “Looks Like Google Calendar Offline is Getting Close”

  1. davak Says:

    Very cool!

  2. Chris O'Neal Says:

    If this happens, I will truly be completely googled. Not that I’m not already, but this will be beyond fantastic.

  3. seamonkey420 Says:

    very cool indeed! the lack of offline options really has kept me from using google calendar over my outlook calendars but now it looks like i’m running out of excuses. :)

    i still love using google gears for my google reader and my trips up to the farm (nice having those offline feeds!)

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  6. FileMaker Freeware Says:

    Looking forward to seeing that at last!

    I hope Gmail and Google Docs are next!

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  9. César Sequeira Says:

    Is not supported in Opera. :(

  10. Scott Says:

    Or Safari Cesar :(

  11. Calgoo Says:

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    If you have Outlook you can sync your Google Calendar and Outlook Calendar. If you have no specific client we have a robust calendar client that will allow you to sync multiple sources. If you want to learn more just check out the site…

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