Comments on: Google knocks Gmail offline, in a good way

By: NuShrike

NuShrike — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:49:19 +0000

Yawn! Until it hits mobile, what’s the point? What % of people read their webmail on their laptops/netbooks versus a mobile device.

By: Hainesy

Hainesy — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:28:41 +0000

A blog on the Washington Post website totally stole your title:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2009/01/gmail_goes_offline_in_a_good_w.html?wprss=fasterforward

(note that they posted it about an hour and a half after you guys did)

By: marc

marc — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:49:14 +0000

The article forgot the point that you need google desktop installed first

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:24:47 +0000

So, if I enable this, it downloads all 1+ GB of my data onto my computer?

By: jazzyl

jazzyl — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:16:17 +0000

Good job Google keep it up!!!!!

Sent via Blackberry

By: 1jaxstate1

1jaxstate1 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:53:23 +0000

Yawn. Don’t really see what’s the big whoop is about. I use gmail so that I won’t have anything stores locally.

Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone) at: Huntsville AL, 35805

By: zeke

zeke — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:46:47 +0000

@konklifer,

They said they will be rolling it out over thenext few days.

Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

By: Galen20K

Galen20K — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:19:40 +0000

Lotus iNotes is very Terrible.

By: RVB

RVB — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:09:56 +0000

If a “free” service like Google can do IMAP and POP, why can’t Verizon figure this out??!! My less than perfect Verizon FIOS service only offers POP for email! Ugh!

By: konklifer

konklifer — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:55:33 +0000

I don’t see this option in Labs.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:42:09 +0000

So gmail is trying to catch up to Lotus iNotes, which has had offline access for almost 10 years!

By: $incere

$incere — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:22:16 +0000

1st

Pretty cool idea I guess, but for most if us with smart phones we’ll still have access via the device. Still an A for effort