By Thilak January 29, 2009

Offline Gmail Now A Reality

gmail_g Good news, Gmail fans. Google is experimenting with a new ability of Gmail to work offline, when an active internet connection is not available. This feature relies upon the Gears platform, a browser add-by Google which can plug itself to Internet Explorer, Firefox and comes pre-installed in Chrome.

When offline, you’ll still be able to read retrieved emails, compose, and search. As and when internet comes online, Gmail will automatically sync the changes you’ve made with Gmail servers. For instance, send unsent messages or check for new messages and retrieve them to your local cache. Take a look at this video tour:

Google is working on rolling this experimental feature to users. I can’t exactly tell you how well it works because Google has not blessed me with this feature, but if they do, I’ll be able to activate it from “Labs” tab under the settings page. If you got a chance to play with this new feature, let us know what you think through comments.

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Discussion

Comments for “Offline Gmail Now A Reality”

  • WIll it let me sign in and out offline?
  • PS3
    Sounds good but i don't understand how you can rerieve emails when offline. Care to explain?
  • Wow, really a cool feature for those who have dial up internet connection and also the guys in broadband with download limit. Thanks for sharing
    cheers to google
  • Gmail is so very useful, but my only real gripe has been that it ain't offline. They've listened and are heading for greater market dominance than ever before, for sure!
  • Great! But then again this offline feature was available on the mobile Google app from the word go. So it's a bit weird how only now it's introduced to pc users.
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