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<html>
  <head>
    <title>API History</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="gears.css" />
  </head>

<body>

<h1>API History</h1>

<div id="pagecontent">

<h3 id="0.4">New in 0.4 <em>- In the oven</em></h3>

<ul>
  <li>Added the Blob module
  <li>Added the Geolocation module
</ul>

<br>

<h3 id="0.3">New in 0.3 <em>- Released June 6, 2008</em></h3>

<ul>
  <li>Added support for Firefox 3.
  <li>Added initial <a href="api_desktop.html">Desktop</a> module
    with support for creating desktop shortcuts.
  <li><a href="api_database.html">Database</a> changes:
    <ul>
      <li>Added the <code>rowsAffected</code> property.
    </ul>
  <li><a href="api_factory.html">Factory</a> changes:
    <ul>
      <li>Added the <code>hasPermission</code> property.
      <li>Added the <code>getPermission()</code> method.
    </ul>
  <li><a href="api_localserver.html">LocalServer</a> changes:
    <ul>
      <li>Added the <code>oncomplete</code>, <code>onerror</code>, and
        <code>onprogress</code> events to the
        <code>ManagedResourceStore</code> class.
      <li>ManagedResourceStore will now <a 
        href="api_localserver.html#ManagedResourceStoreUpdates">retry 
        captures</a> under some circumstances to help with load balanced 
        applications.
      <li>ManagedResourceStore now sends the special header 
        <code>X-Gears-Reason: validate-manifest</code> when rechecking the 
        manifest at the end of an update.
    </ul>
  <li><a href="api_workerpool.html">WorkerPool</a> changes:
    <ul>
      <li>The <code>sendMessage</code> method now accepts complex objects 
        instead of just strings.
      <li>Added the <code>body</code> property to <code>onmessage</code>'s
        <code>message</code> parameter.
    </ul>
  <li><a href="design.html#detecting">Download Page</a> changes:
    <ul>
      <li>Added the <code>icon_src</code> and <code>name</code> parameters.
      <li>Added the <code>action=upgrade</code> querystring parameter.
    </ul>
</ul>

<br>

<h3 id="0.2">New in 0.2 <em>- Released February 14, 2008</em></h3>

<ul>
  <li>Added support for <a href="../mobile.html">Windows Mobile devices</a>  
  <li>Added initial <a href="api_httprequest.html">HttpRequest</a> module.
  <li>Added initial <a href="api_timer.html">Timer</a> module.
  <li><a href="api_workerpool.html">WorkerPool</a> changes:
    <ul>
      <li>Added the <code>onerror</code> callback.
      <li>Added the <code>createWorkerFromUrl()</code> method.
      <li>Added the <code>allowCrossOrigin()</code> method.
      <li>Added the <code>messageObject</code> parameter to the
        <code>onmessage</code> callback.
    </ul>
  <li><a href="api_localserver.html">LocalServer</a> changes:
    <ul>
      <li>The <code>requiredCookie</code> parameter to the
        <code>openManagedStore()</code> and <code>createManagedStore()</code>
        methods now recognizes the special cookie value <code>;NONE;</code>.
    </ul>
  <li><a href="api_factory.html">Factory</a> changes:
    <ul>
      <li>Added the <code>version</code> property.
      <li>Made the <code>classVersion</code> parameter to the
        <code>create()</code> method optional.
    </ul>
</ul>

<br>

<h3 id="0.1">New in 0.1 <em>- Released May 31, 2007</em></h3>
<ul>
  <li>Initial Gears release, including first versions of:
    <ul>
      <li><a href="api_database.html">Database</a> module
      <li><a href="api_localserver.html">LocalServer</a> module
      <li><a href="api_workerpool.html">WorkerPool</a> module
    </ul>
  </li>
</ul>

</div>
</body>
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r1947 by gears.daemon on Jun 12, 2008   Diff 
[Author: aa]

A few docs changes for the 0.3 release
blog post

- Added some named anchors for better
linkiness
- Clarified the description of
sendMessage() a little more
- Added a description of the changes to
the download page to the entry on
  0.3 in the history page.
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r1891 by gears.daemon on Jun 05, 2008   Diff 
[Author: aa]

Update history.html with 0.3 release
info. Whee!

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r1232 by gears.daemon on Mar 20, 2008   Diff 
[Author: malcolmr]

Fix for: http://code.google.com/p
/google-gears/issues/detail?id=112

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r1079 by gears.daemon on Feb 29, 2008   Diff 
[Author: aa]

Fix broken link to mobile details on
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