Gears version number updated to 0.3, which adds support for Firefox 3

Gears released version 0.3 on the 6th of this month, adding six new categories of features, including support for Firefox 3.

Features in Gears 0.3:

- Added support for Firefox 3.

- Added initial Desktop module with support for creating desktop shortcuts.

- Database changes:

- Added the rowsAffected property.

- Factory changes:

- Added the hasPermission property.

- Added the getPermission() method.

- LocalServer changes:

- Added the oncomplete, onerror, and onprogress events to the ManagedResourceStore class.

- ManagedResourceStore will now retry captures under some circumstances to help with load balanced applications.

- ManagedResourceStore now sends the special header X-Gears-Reason: validate-manifest when rechecking the manifest at the end of an update.

- WorkerPool changes:

- The sendMessage method now accepts complex objects instead of just strings.

- Added the body property to onmessage’s message parameter.