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Turbo.. that’s the word i saw in my wordpress admin toolbar.

After i clicked it i got this:

It says:

Speed up Wrdpress!

WordPress now has support for Gears, which adds new features to your web browser.

After you install and enable Gears most of WordPress’ images, scripts, and CSS files will be stored locally on your computer. This speeds up page load time.

I think Worpdress Gears has been around since last month but i only noticed it now.

Why install WordPress Gears? So that you could…

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

For more information about google gears/gears api where the wordpress gears was made, check here and here.

How to install WordPress gears?

Easy… First you must have google gears installed on your computer. If you don’t have it yet, then when you click TURBO in your wordpress admin bar, you will be prompted to install google gears.

Restart your browser (i use fiirefox 3)

Then go to your blog’s dashboard and click TURBO again.

Click enable if you really want to install WordPress Gears.

Then you’ll see WordPress Gears starting to download your blog’s settings on your pc.

Several blogs says that wordpress gears will be included in wordpress 2.6.

Just a reminder, DO NOT INSTALL WORDPRESS GEARS ON A PUBLIC COMPUTER!

The verdict on my next post.