Until this day, one of the biggest lack of Gmail is that you can not read / write email while not have an internet connection, features that have been owned Zoho Mail since the end of last year. Today, everything changed. Gmail has released Gmail with Google Gears features through Gmail Labs. As usual, Google’s launch of the features done in stages, so if you have not seen this feature in Gmail Labs, you must wait patiently, this feature will be released to all users is estimated to be completed before the end of this sunday.
After installing Google Gears for your favorite browser, Gears will be able to detect your Internet connectivity. Gears will store your email locally to be able to read, do a search, giving star to email, and even open the attachment. But there are also some features that do not work without Internet connection, such as spellcheck and although you can still open the attachment, the version at this time does not allow you to add the attachment (this feature will be added soon).
Google Gears is a key component of the strategy web-based application Google. Todd Jackson, Gmail product manager told TechCrunch that "our long-term vision is to make the browser platform is ideal for all types of operating the application. We all thought the application should be operated in the best in the browser. The ability of this tradition is still bridled by the availability of internet connection."
Offline with the availability of Gmail, an internet connection now is not to be limited again!
Update: visit this page to read the official announcement on the Google Gmail Offline. In the article, they also said that they "will provide this feature to all Gmail users in the U.S. and UK in the next few days," I hope the international Gmail users will have this feature shortly.
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