GMail offline is here. For everyone troubled by not being able to read emails due to no connection on the move (in subways, during flights, no wi-fi zones et al) GMail Labs has the solution. Of course, it only makes for someone who cannot do without GMail and has a flurry of mails flowing in to the inbox. GMail Labs uses Google Gears to make GMail offline possible. Once the connection is lost, GMail offline ( needs to be setup by installing Google Gears in the browser, please read the Official GMail Blog post) detects when you are offline. It then caches your e-mail so that you can read it, respond to it, search it, star it, or label it. When you are connected to the Internet again, it sends all the messages. Check out the pretty neat Intro video below.
Reading, Stars, Labelling, Opening attachments, Composing and Saving as drafts work. However anything which requires a connection like adding attachments won’t work. Another point, available only for US and UK and shall be rolled out soon for other regions.
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Gmail Goes Offline with Google Gears
Gmail gets offline support, finally
Gmail Goes Offline With Google Gears
