Comments on: Offline Gmail Buzz

By: Tungle: mother’s little helper | AccMan

Tungle: mother’s little helper | AccMan — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:50:57 +0000

[...] Offline Gmail Buzz (ghacks.net) [...]

By: Ajay D'Souza

Ajay D'Souza — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:30:22 +0000

Finally something to prevent that stupid Gmail message saying the page isn’t loaded.

Though, the real test comes on my stupid connection

By: vatzec

vatzec — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:39:57 +0000

Oh, okay, but I don’t really encourage accessing your e-mail from within your browser.

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:37:39 +0000

They are more amazed by the fact that they can now access Gmail in their web browser even if they are offline.

By: vatzec

vatzec — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:20:20 +0000

So, people are amazed by the fact that you can *read e-mails offline*? Come on, that was invented ages ago and is called POP3!

By: Rico

Rico — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:27:13 +0000

For machines where you can’t or don’t want to install an email client, you now have offline access to your emails in the same manner as a dedicated client. It’s another step to Google’s edging out the need for outside software and increasing dependence on browser-based software.

i’m assuming this works on Android, where it could *reall* be useful, particularly in areas of sparse or slow data coverage.

By: Robert Palmar

Robert Palmar — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:07:02 +0000

I agree with your take, Martin.
This is much ado about almost nothing.

A desktop client offers more features without
having Google software installed locally
which as a rule I always avoid.

By: What I Am Reading - January 29, 2009 | (jeff)isageek.net

What I Am Reading - January 29, 2009 | (jeff)isageek.net — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:43:11 +0000

[...] or Quality?Blogger Infighting Played a Role, Says TechCrunch FounderFULL of WIN #3 – Mona! [feedly]Offline Gmail BuzzUh Oh. Now You Can Suggest Stories To Techmeme Via TwitterToo Much Noise On Twitter? Filttr Will [...]

By: gokudomatic

gokudomatic — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:14:03 +0000

I also prefer Sylpheed.

By: RG

RG — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:10:15 +0000

Gears is sort of the inverse of Microsoft’s much maligned lack of internet focus, especially pre-Live days. Both have potential in their own way. Even with my poor dsl I still don’t see much use for “which will be accessed whenever there is no Internet connection” but with more features and possibilities there is promise.

By: whatever

whatever — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:08:00 +0000

I think I’ll stick with Thunderbird for now, but it’s interesting.
On another note, probably not related to this feature, but my GMail for domains account just got the new template that came when themes were added. No themes tab (yet) though… :-(

By: Imran Hussain

Imran Hussain — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:54:37 +0000

you didn’t mention that Google Chrome has Gears built right in. And it also provides speedier loading times for Google services when compared to other browsers, so Google Chrome + Gmail is a great combination here for both online and offline access.