Bad news for the people that are using Google Gears to check emails, blog with WordPress, and many other things that could be done offline with Google Gears since Google is announcing that Google Gears will no longer be supported?  Not really, Google is making a big change by moving what’s good about Google Gears to HTML5.  This means what you like about Google Gears will be standardized when HTML5 comes out.  It also means new browsers that support HTML5 will also support the features that you love from Google Gears.  In the long run, Google Gears will not be supported, but meanwhile Google is still supporting Google Gears while the transition takes place slowly.  Don’t expect any new feature from Google Gears.  Source.