Gmail Adds Offline Support
Mashable! — ... The offline support is made possible by Google Gears, which you’ll need to download in order to utilize the feature. Here’s how it works, according to Google’s Andy Palay: “When you lose your connection, Gmail automatically switches to offline mode, and uses the data stored on your computer’s hard drive instead of the information sent across the network. You can read messages, star and label them, and do all of the things you’re used to doing while reading your webmail online.” ...

Gmail Gets Offline Access (Finally!)
Technologizer — Gmail The Official Gmail Blog bears good news this afternoon: Gmail’s “Labs” experimental-feature proving ground is adding offline access , letting you read and send e-mail even when you don’t have a live Internet connection. Once you turn it on, you can choose between an online mode, an offline mode, and a “flaky connection” one that behaves as if you were online but synchronizes mail in the background as possible. The blog post goes to pains not to raise folks’ expectations too high: “Offline Gmail is still an early experimental feature, so don’t be surprised if you run into ...

Holy Smokes! Gmail Gets Offline Support!
The Next Web — Google have just announced offline support for Gmail. Yes it is still an ‘experimental’ feature via google labs, yes you need to have Google Gears installed and yes it is only available via U.S./U.K. English versions of Gmail - nevertheless, this is great news. Using Google Gear’s functionality, Gmail syncs the cache with Gmail servers when you are online and when you are off, it uses local files to allow you to use Gmail as normal. When offline, you can read, star, label and even send messages! The message is ...

Gmail rolls out its offline options
Betanews — ... upper right corner. You may be one of the lucky ones in the first wave of those with access to the service's new option for reading and composing mail offline. Using Gmail while offline has, of course, long been possible for anyone with an email reader compatible with POP and IMAP. But the option to do it via Gears-based functionality is new, and can handle work offline, work online (of course), and work over what the service calls "flaky" connections. (Gmail engineer Andy Palay assures readers of the Gmail Blog that live wire-chewing squirrels were used in the testing of ...

Gmail Unplugs from the Cloud with Offline Support [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — ... Google is long overdue to add their own Gears support to their apps, but they can cross another one off of their to-do list today. Gmail now supports an Offline mode, although it’s experimental for now. That means you’ll find it within the Labs settings of Gmail. I already see it in my personal Gmail account, but not in my hosted Gmail used for work. ...

Google opens Gmail to offline access
Between the Lines — ... applications such as Outlook, Thunderbird and Apple Mail. Before offline Gmail - powered by Google Gears - users would have simply encountered an error message advising users to check their web connections. Sounds great, right? I can already see Gmail users being more productive on flights. Sure - but Google is quick to remind users that this feature is still part of Google Labs, which means it’s still being worked on. Don’t be surprised if you encounter hiccups, bugs or outages. In its official blog post , the Gmail team warns that “offline Gmail is still an early ...

Gmail Labs adds “offline Gmail”
D' Technology Weblog — ... More info: Gmail Blog

Google Talks Software plus Services
Geek In Disguise — 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 Services. Seriously, this is how people want to work and it’s good to see Google putting Gears behind GMail and enabling this even if it is in beta and from GMail Labs. This ...

Offline Gmail
Google Operating System — ... 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 of Gmail when you can use mail clients like Mozilla Thunderbird or Outlook? You don't need to install additional software other than Google Gears and you can continue to use Gmail's familiar interface. Gmail's blog explains how this feature works and which Gmail features are available ...

Gmail to soon get offline avatar
Newlaunches.com — ... Google plans to make other aspects of Google Apps, such as Google Calendar, available offline as well. The company expects the rollout of offline Gmail to be complete within a few days. To activate the new feature, go to your Gmail account, click Settings and then go to the Labs tab. If the feature is not there yet, Google says they will be adding it to all US/UK accounts during the next few days. [ Gmailblog ]

Gmail gains offline support and Hotmail adds…um, POP3?? [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network — ... Yesterday, Google launched offline support for Gmail, a feature that’s been long anticipated by the service’s users. The feature is being gradually rolled out to UK and US users and will be available via the Labs area of Gmail’s Settings page. ...

Linkpost | 1.28.2009
TechBlog — ... January 28, 2009 Linkpost | 1.28.2009 • New in Labs: Offline Gmail - Uses Google Gears to store a cached version of your mail on your computer. • ...

Offline, Semi-Offline Modes Now Available in Gmail [Google]
Gizmodo — ... Since all of these add-ons rely on Gears, they will only work in Firefox and IE with the extension installed. You may also need to wait for Offline Mode to appear in your Labs tab in the Gmail settings—the team says that the US and UK rollout, which has already begun, will take a few days. [Gmail Blog—Thanks, Niranjan!] ...

GMail gets offline access
Tech Digest — ... their messages so that if your internet connection drops for some reason, then you'll still have complete access. It'll also work in situations with no connection at all - on a plane, for example, or a bus. To activate offline access, go to the Labs section of your GMail. It should be in the list there. If it's not yet (it's not for me) then give it a few hours and it should show up. Once activated, click the "Offline 0.1" link in the upper righthand corner to set everything up. (via Official GMail Blog) Related posts: ...

Google’s Gmail Finally Gets Offline Capabilities
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim — ... It’s time to mark an item off my Google wishlist! The Gmail team has announced that, starting this week, users will be able to use a Gmail Labs feature that allows for the email service to be used when offline. ...

Gmail now features offline email access via Google Gears
Obsessable News Feed — ... Conversations: Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Offline Gmail [gmailblog.blogspot.com] ...

Google takes Gmail offline
p2pnet news — p2pnet news view | Products:- Google is now offline. Kind of. The company says it’s starting to roll out an experimental feature which’ll mean, “even if you’re offline, you can open your web browser, go to gmail.com, and get to your mail just like you’re used to”. How so? Here’s how Google explains it »»» Once you turn on this feature, Gmail uses Gears to download a local cache of your mail. As long as you’re connected to the network, that ...

Google Serves Up Offline Support For Gmail
ChannelWeb Complete Feed — ... users will still be able to access all the features they are used to in Gmail, Andy Palay, Gmail engineer, wrote on the Official Gmail Blog . "You can read messages, star and label them, and do all of the things you're used to doing while reading your webmail online," wrote Palay. "Any messages you send while offline will be placed in your outbox and automatically sent the next time Gmail detects a connection." One other feature worth noting in the new offline Gmail support is what Google calls "flaky connection mode." Flaky connection mode lets Gmail users still work as ...

Google Serves Up Offline Support For Gmail
The Channel Wire — ... users will still be able to access all the features they are used to in Gmail, Andy Palay, Gmail engineer, wrote on the Official Gmail Blog . "You can read messages, star and label them, and do all of the things you're used to doing while reading your webmail online," wrote Palay. "Any messages you send while offline will be placed in your outbox and automatically sent the next time Gmail detects a connection." One other feature worth noting in the new offline Gmail support is what Google calls "flaky connection mode." Flaky connection mode lets Gmail users still work as ...

Gmail Goes Offline (In A Good Way)
WebProNews Feed — ... Read, sort, and write without an Internet connection As frequent travelers, folks with bad ISPs, and laptop lovers can agree, it's not always easy to connect to the Internet, and being cut off from the world is a real nuisance. But now Google's solving one aspect of the problem by making Gmail accessible to people who are offline. A post on the Official Gmail Blog explains the situation's mechanics, stating, "Gmail uses Gears to download a local cache of your mail. As long as you're connected to the network, that cache is synchronized with Gmail's servers. When you lose ...

Google Unveils Offline Gmail
GEARFUSE — ... be able to search for emails and read them, as well as compose emails to people in your address book. And yes, your contacts will auto-complete even when offline . Of course, some things will not be available when offline, such as the ability to manage your contacts. All you need is a ‘net connection and you’ll be able to sync your email, keeping you in touch with that woman you’re having an affair with. Ah, Google . Paving the way to Heaven through technology. Link

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 drops you’re basically left out in the cold. As opposed to local email management solutions that can store your messages on your machine such as Outlook, you have no way to view old messages and work with what you’ve got. Sure, Gmail supports POP and IMAP but at this ...

No Wifi? No Problem. Gmail Releases New Offline E-mail Tools
Wired: Epicenter — ... , which allows you to read, star, label, archive and compose new mail even when you don't have an internet connection, will be coming to all Gmail accounts over the next few days. If you don't see it just yet be patient, you may have to wait a day or two. ...

Google's Offline Gmail Points to Greater Google Gears Exposure
Google Watch — ... talking orders of magnitude more. Another thing I asked him about is why Google isn't releasing offline access to Gmail and Google Calendar at the same time. After all, e-mail and calendaring functionality tends to go hand in hand. Sheth said: We are working on getting it into each of those code bases and releasing it into production, so there is a little bit of a discrepancy in terms of when it will be turned on for all users. Google's Andy Palay sums up how offline Gmail it works, which is important because it underscores ...

Gmail Goes Offline, But It’s All Good
Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech — ... technology to offer the offline access. Showing it’s even more experimental than Gmail itself, Offline Gmail is available only through Gmail Labs, and typically, it’s being rolled out slowly. Google describes it thusly : Once you turn on this feature, Gmail uses Gears to download a local cache of your mail. As long as you’re connected to the network, that cache is synchronized with Gmail’s servers. When you lose your connection, Gmail automatically switches to offline mode, and uses the data stored on your computer’s hard drive instead of the information sent across the ...

Gmail Gets Offline Access with Gears
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — ... Luckily, Google has at long last announced Gears support for Gmail. Google Gears is a technology that enables Web applications like Gmail and Google Docs (and apps from other companies too) to operate offline, storing changes locally and then resynchronizing them once you reconnect to the Internet (see ...

Does Google's offline Gmail validate Microsoft's strategy?
The Microsoft Blog — Microsoft has long hyped its "software plus services" strategy; Basically, Microsoft argues that while there will continue to be a market for software, like Office, it will increasingly work in conjunction with Web-based applications, like the forthcoming Web-based Office. On Tuesday, Google said that users of its Gmail Web-based e-mail service will now also be able to compose e-mails and work with their e-mail when they're offline via their browser. When a user reconnects to the Internet, any e-mails sitting in the outbox are sent out. Here's what Google said in making its ...

Google adds offline capability to Gmail
Gadgetell — ... mail, just compose a message, press send, and it will go to your outbox.  Whenever Gmail detects a connection, it will immediately send that e-mail and any other pending messages.  To enable this service, you will have to wait until it is rolled out to your account, then download Gears and finish the set up process. This looks like a great tool and I cant wait to test it out myself.  Watch the video below to see just exactly how it works.  Read [Gmail] Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for ...

Gmail Can Now Be Used Without an Internet Connection
GeekSugar — ... ). If you're a Gmail user, Google has just announced that you can use Gmail while offline, thanks to a new feature in Labs. ...

GBTV #503 | Kindle v2, Offline Gmail, Verizon Hub, Pulse Smartpen
GeekBrief.TV — Shownotes: On February 9th, Amazon is holding a press conference. We’re expecting to see version 2 of the Kindle, and I’m hoping it will look something like this. Gmail announced Offline Mode finally! More details here. The Verizon Hub is a VoIP phone meant to help your family manage their lives. It has visual voicemail, contact list management, text message calendar alerts and it’s all managed on a color touch screen. I’ve been playing with the Livescribe ...

Gmail Now Available in Offline Mode
Google Blogoscoped — ... Google also provides a “flaky connection” mode with Gmail offline. It’s useful for “unreliable or slow connection”, Google says in their blog post, as “it uses the local cache as if you were disconnected, but still synchronizes your mail with the server in the background.” ...

Google's GDrive: Rain in Those Clouds
Internet Evolution: — ... and the Internet." Sorry, TR Daily , but you're imagining an unrealistic future -- at least for most people for the short to medium term. Firstly, Internet access isn't omnipresent. There are so many locations where connectivity is non-existent or so slow that it's practically useless. The solution is, duh, applications that locally store data on your computer. Sure, you can upload data to the cloud and download it when you have connectivity. Indeed, this Tuesday Google announced " offline Gmail " for exactly this purpose -- downloading email to your computer for when you ...

Do You Use a Mail Client, Which One, and Why or Why Not? [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — ... For me, it’s simply a matter of preference and the fact that I sometimes like to keep web reading & writing separate from mail activities. At times like that, I use Mac Mail to segregate my activities. There’s really not much of a technical advantage to my using Mac Mail, or any other client for that matter. The main reason I used a mail client at all was because I wanted offline access to my mail; Gmail’s newly added offline feature has essentially resolved that, so there’s no longer a reason I need to use a mail client ...

Mighty Morphin’ Gmail: Dawn of the Daily Upgrade
Technologizer — ... Gmail, such as Latitude. So much has happened over the past couple of weeks that if Google starts moving any faster, it’ll be upgrading Gmail daily: February 10th: Add your location to your signature February 9th: Sync contacts and calendars with phones February 5th: Multiple inbox views February 3rd: “Move to” e-mail management and auto-complete February 2nd: Task syncing for iPhone January 27th: Offline access January 21st: Watch videos in Gmail chat ...

Google Demos Offline Gmail for the iPhone
iPhone Hacks — You might already know that Gmail Labs had recently released the Offline Gmail feature which gives users access to their most recent emails even when there is no internet connection. Google demonstrated this Offline Gmail feature on the iPhone 3G at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. If you are a Gmail user and prefer to use the web-based Gmail's iPhone web app on your iPhone then you will be impressed.

New From Google Labs: Seriously Offline Gmail
Digital Daily — Well, this brings new meaning to Offline Gmail … Google’s (GOOG) Gmail e-mail service suffered a major worldwide outage early this morning, leaving millions of users without access to the popular service over three hours. “If you’ve tried to access your Gmail account today, you are probably aware by now that we’re having some problems,” Google said in a message posted to its official blog. “Shortly after 10 9:30am GMT our monitoring systems alerted us that Gmail consumer and businesses accounts worldwide could not get ...

Gmail Outage Highlights Why It's More Enterprise-Ready Than It's Ever Been
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... , Feb 25, 2009 08:06 AM [image] Barely one month has passed since the folks at Google announced that users of Gmail would be able to access their inboxes even though the Gmail servers themselves were inaccessible. For example, if (a) you have no Internet connectivity or (b) the Gmail service goes down. It was only a matter of time before a Gmail failure put the newly announced offline mode to the test. Although most of us here in the US didn't notice, that test came yesterday, just as Europe's business cycle was getting under way. By the time I woke up yesterday, ...

Open Thread: How Much Do You Trust Your Web Apps? [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network — ... Fortunately, I have Offline Gmail support enabled, which meant that I could at least continue working on emails received overnight while Gmail was down. But judging by the ...

Gmail down for a few, but there are solutions
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk — ... However, if Gmail is down you still can't send emails, unless you also have a different email account. The ability to handle multiple email accounts makes a separate email client a better option than Google Gears, which provides offline access to Gmail, and which is still at the experimental stage. ...

Giz Explains: What the Hell's Google Chrome OS? [Giz Explains]
Gizmodo — ... You can already use Gmail offline. I think that will be really indicative of other app experiences in a totally web-oriented Chrome OS with Google Gears. The same goes for Google Docs in offline mode, an option some people have been using for over a year. It's no coincidence that Google pulled "Beta" off of its web apps the day it announced Chrome OS. ...

Gmail without the cloud: tips for next time
Hack a Day — ... , allows you to access the Gmail interface offline. This doesn’t mean that you will be able to send and receive during an outage because this feature still uses the web interface for that. What it does mean is you will be able to read emails that you have cached locally and compose messages to be sent as soon as Gmail is back online. Take a look at what Offline Gmail is all about and see if it will get you through next time. ...