readwriteweb.com - 1/28/2009
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One of the longest-running requests for Google's web mail service Gmail has been for offline functionality. Now, finally, Gmail users will be able to type up those emails inside an airplane. Google has just announced offline Gmail support via Gmail Labs - to start with for consumers and ...
Gmail Goes Offline With Google Gears
techcrunch.com 1/28/2009 —
Until today, one of the biggest drawbacks of Gmail is that you could not go through your emails when you were offline. Today, that changes. Gmail is finally going offline. Google is rolling out a Google Gears version of Gmail that will be ...
Gmail Adds Offline Support
mashable.com 1/28/2009 — One of Gmail’s most requested features – offline support – is now available in testing. In other words, you can now use Gmail without an Internet connection, in the same way you can with desktop mail clients like Outlook.
The offline support is ...
Google Finally Enables Offline Access For Gmail
eweek.com 1/28/2009 — Google's long-awaited offline access for Gmail is here, bringing a sigh of relief to users of Google's messaging and collaboration software. Google Apps Standard Edition users will be able to access it immediately with a few steps, while consumers ...
Google (finally) brings Gmail and Calendar offline
venturebeat.com 1/28/2009 — Jeez, I’ve been waiting a while for this one. Starting today, Google is rolling out offline support for Gmail users, which means you’ll finally be able to read and write emails even when you’re not connected to the web. A company ...
Google Talks Software plus Services
blogs.msdn.com 1/28/2009 — Great stuff, GMail goes offline and endorses the Software plus Services approach. I couldn't have said it better myself really. Well, maybe I can as this approach it viable for more than just email…see below for what is Software plus ...
No Wifi? No Problem. Gmail Releases New Offline E-mail Tools
blog.wired.com 1/28/2009 —
Google has gone a long way toward solving the biggest drawback of web-based e-mail — what do you do when there is no internet connection? Google aims to solve that problem with new offering that will enable Gmail users access from their browsers even when they aren't online.
Of course, ...
Is it Safe to Use Gmail Offline on Your Work PC? —
AppScout
We've been waiting for some sort of offline functionality to come to Gmail ever since Google Gears was released—it seems like the feature for which Gears was invented in the first place. And now that Offline Gmail is here ( and seems to work well, according to Lance Ulanoff ), I have but ...
10 Good Things About Offline Gmail —
Google Operating System
Gmail's offline version is a surprisingly solid alternative to desktop mail clients. Despite the shortcomings of an initial release (attachments can't be added to messages composed offline, you can't customize which messages are downloaded, the contact manager is not available offline), there ...
Gmail Turns On Offline Mode through Google Gears —
Search Engine Journal
Gmail Labs has just activated a new feature which it should have rolled out a long time ago - offline access. That means that if you activate this new feature on your Gmail Lab Settings, you can start reading emails that have piled on your Gmail Inbox through a web browser even if you’re ...
Gmail offline: A guided tour —
Webware.com
Wondering how Gmail offline works? Here's a tour.
In short, people with familiar with Gmail already are mostly familiar with its offline incarnation. The biggest difference is of course that you can't see new messages, and e-mails that you send are merely queued up until they can be ...
Gmail Can Now Be Used Without an Internet Connection —
GeekSugar
Having no Internet connection doesn't mean you have to be completely without email (sorry, people who like to get away from it all ). If you're a Gmail user, Google has just announced that you can use Gmail while offline , thanks to a new feature in Labs.
Once you enable offline ...
Gmail Goes Offline With Google Gears —
CrunchGear
Until today, one of the biggest drawbacks of Gmail is that you could not go through your emails when you were offline. Today, that changes. Gmail is finally going offline. Google is rolling out a Google Gears version of Gmail that will be available to users starting today in Gmail Labs.
Google knocks Gmail offline, in a good way —
Boy Genius Report
One of the many, many, many problems with webmail can be found right in its name - “web”. Accessing your email using a web interface can definitely be convenient as it’s accessible from any browser you happen upon. At the same time however, if your internet connection ...
Gmail To Be Available Offline —
Digital Trends
The rumors about Gmail’s offline availability have been circulating for months, and finally they’re coming true. Google announced yesterday that users will be able to access Gmail offline.
However, many people won’t necessarily be able to take all their ...
Offline Gmail Launched —
Slashdot
javipas writes "Google developers have announced a new feature part of Gmail Labs that everybody was waiting to see realized. Offline Gmail will allow users to have a partial copy of its Gmail account on their PCs, and access their messages while being offline. The magic of Google Gears comes to ...
Offline, Semi-Offline Modes Now Available in Gmail [Google] —
Gizmodo
Offline Gmail was one of the greatest promises of Google Gears , and it's finally available in Gmail Labs—with a few unexpected extras. In the new offline mode, Gmail will open a cached version of the site—a downloaded in-browser client, basically—and let you browse, ...
Access to Gmail available when you're offline —
Shiny Shiny
Gmail, the best known, best used and best overall (this may not be entirely without bias) of webmail services is going offline. Kinda. Specifically, Gmail users will now be able to access their inbox from their desktop, without needing to be connected to the internet. > >
Offline Gmail —
Google Operating System
Adding offline support for Google services turned out to be a difficult task: even if Gears-enabled versions of Google Calendar and Gmail have been tested for more than a year , offline Gmail will be available starting from today in Gmail Labs . What's the point of creating an offline version ...
Gmail finally gets offline access—with caveats —
(Obsolete Feed)
Gmail users have been asking for offline access practically since the introduction of Google Gears , a plug-in that allows Web apps to run offline in Firefox and Safari . Google has finally answered the call by focusing Gears on Gmail, bringing offline access (yep, in beta) to US ...
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