Google Gears and MySpace - an Exploration of Powering Search on the Client
Owyn Richen (MySpace)

MySpace does not have particular ceilings on how much data a user can accrue, including relational data linking that user with others. MySpace is exploring the use of Google Gears to provide features for users that have a considerable amount of data to churn through. Join us to see some areas we’ve explored and hear a detailed technical discussion about one particular feature–adding search to our mail system. We’ll discuss the challenges we faced, including privacy, dealing with multiple users per client, synchronizing multiple clients, and scaling all these pieces in a heavy-usage environment.