Zoho Taking WebApps Offline

Zoho, a provider of a suite of productivity web applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation tools announced that it has made its word processing app, Zoho Writer, available offline.

Akin to Google Apps and desktop based Microsoft Office, Zoho represents what can be deemed the next generation of Office 2.0 apps. Offline capability is enabled by Google Gears, an open source JavaScript browser extension. Writer users can now view and edit documents offline and synchronize their offline changes with the online versions of their docs and, as a result, eliminate costly downtime.