Good news Safari users – Google has unofficially, and very quietly, released a beta version of the Gears plugin that allows Safari fans to get in on the offline fun.
Previously Gears, which allows your browser to store data for use offline, was only available for Firefox and IE 6+
The new Gears for Safari is a beta release, so keep in mind the warning that Jeremy Moskovich of Google posted alongside the link to download the beta: "This is BETA, it is not an official release, it might break your browser. Chances are it will break your browser. Please proceed with caution."
If you decide to go ahead with the install and stumble across a bug or encounter some odd behavior in Safari, post a bug report on the Gears Google Code page.
Google has asked Groups subscribers to keep the download link to themselves, as the company wants to patch some bugs before making an official announcement, but seeing how the posting is public and, as they say, information wants to be free, here's a direct download link: .
Just don't come crying to us if Gears destroys your copy of Safari. That said, I had no problems using it with Google Reader or WordPress, two of the bigger Gears-enabled webapps.
[via Google Operating System]
