Google Gears - Anyone using it?

[Jens Van Assterdam]

Just installed it on the mac and its a blast!!

http://gears.google.com/

[cranki]

So what exactly does it do, except collecting your data?

* Let web applications interact naturally with your desktop
* Store data locally in a fully-searchable database
* Run JavaScript in the background to improve performance

doesn't tell me much...