Google Blogoscoped has found Google Docs Offline Access to be in development/testing on one of Google’s experimental sites. The functionality uses Google Gears, a Firefox and Internet Explorer extension that allows web apps to provide offline access through Javascript APIs. Sadly, the blogger wasn’t able able to edit or view documents. He was able to see the documents listed — renaming them and starring them successfully. So, this feature is clearly in early development. But it is certainly a move in the right direction for online productivity suites.

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