The good folks at Gmail have launched an experimental feature at Gmail Labs which will make Gmail accessible offline. No I am not joking and this is not another Google magic trick. At times when you’re not able to access your web based e-mail account due to connection issues this will come handy.
Offline Gmail makes use of . Using Gears it will download a local cache of your mail. Your e-mails will be in sync with Gmail’s servers as long as you have a connection to the Internet. In case you lose your connection, Gmail will automatically switch to the offline mode. Now Gmail will use the data on your hard drive rather than passing it on to the network. You can do all sorts of stuff you possibly do while reading e-mails on Gmail. If you write new messages then they’ll be stores in your outbox until Gmail finds a connection and when it does, it’ll send your mail. Cool! Isn’t it?
Offline Gmail will be available to users from US, UK initially in the coming few days. It’ll be visible under the Labs tab inside your Gmail accounts. And yes you’ll need to download to use offline Gmail.
Happy Gmailing!
Article by Harry
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