“I have seen the future and it looks promising.” I don’t know if I’m quoting someone with that line or if I just made it up myself. I do, however, believe it.

I just watched the demo of a mobile app that Google created (video embedded below) that allows web apps to work offline just like Google Gears allows certain Google apps to work offline (I’m actually writing this blog post offline on Google Docs).

This seems to be the direction we are going regarding the desktop vs. cloud debate. We can’t expect people to use applications that don’t utilize the usefulness of the internet. We also can’t expect everyone to be connected to the internet all the time. It’s just not realistic for the near future. We are seeing now the standards that will bridge that gap. This might seem like a small step to some. But I think this is going to big. Very big.