[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11301: Remove Gears

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#11301: Remove Gears
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 Reporter:  ryan         |       Owner:       
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  2.9  
Component:  Performance  |     Version:  2.8.6
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:       
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Changes (by lloydbudd):

  * component:  General => Performance


Comment:

 Some background info:

 "the company is letting the sun set on its Gears project."

 ....

 'We're continuing to support Gears so that nothing breaks for sites that
 use it. But we expect developers to use HTML5 for these features moving
 forward as it's a standards-based approach that will be available across
 all browsers.'" [[br]]
 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/11/google-gears.html

 Unfortunately a very small, but noticeable percentage of WordPress.com
 users (Gears usage has always been very small on wp.com) have complained
 about the stability of the browser after installing Gears.

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