Google Docs Goes Offline!!!
GOOGLE DOCS is a key feature that makes it a true competitor to Microsoft Office: offline access. It's promising, but the early beta with limitations. The offline version relies on Google Gears, an offline syncing technology; once you've installed Gears on your PC, Docs syncs your documents between its servers and your browser. Thereafter, you can access docs. google.com offline, and all changes that you make to documents are saved when you reconnect.
That's the theory, at least.
The offline tools are rather limited: You can't create a new document, view a document's revision history, alter the style, insert photos, or check your spelling. It's best suited for editing documents you've already created, and power users are going to want to stay away for the moment.
Google needs to do some polishing to make this work seamlessly; but once it does, it could be a great tool.
