Yet another offline gadget article

Monday, December 03, 2007 at 2:56 PM

Posted by James Yum, Developer Programs Engineer (Google Desktop Team)

Offline handling has been sorely missing from many gadgets. To address that, Teo recently wrote a great article called Proper Offline Behaviour.

For another perspective on the topic, please check out the article Offline Detection and Handling. It's a gentle introduction to the subject of offline handling.

The article demonstrates:

• techniques for detecting an offline gadget
• how to design the UI for an offline state
  
• how to restore functionality when the gadget is back online

I look forward to any feedback or suggestions. Even better, if you've already developed your own system for offline handling, go ahead and write an article about it.