Google Calendar Goes Offline
Mark Mathson of Keenpath noticed an offline access button in his Google Calendar yesterday. As you would expect, the service uses Google Gears, which means you’ll need to either install Gears for Firefox or Internet Explorer or use Google Chrome, which has it built in.
To find out whether Google’s ready to let you read your calendar offline, login to your Google Calendar account and click the settings link. If you see a tab that says offline, you can configure your settings and download the data from Google Calendar to your desktop. This will let you view your calendar when you’re not connected to the internet
Unfortunately the offline features for Google Calendar are thus far read-only, making them next to useless. Sure, it might occasionally be handy to check your calendar or to-do list without the need for an internet connection, but you won’t be able to add new events, to-do items or other data, nor is there any way to edit existing items.
