Google Launches Offline Service for Gmail, Docs and Calendar
According to Google’s official blog, Google launches offline service for Gmail yesterday.
Google announced Chromebooks at Google I/O 2011 and they talked about bringing offline access to their web apps. After a long time’s hard work, now they take the first step. Gmail can be accessed offline yesterday, and the offline for Google Calendar and Google Docs will be rolling out in the coming weeks, which allow you to seamlessly switch between on- and offline modes.
“Gmail Offline is a Chrome Web Store app that’s intended for situations when you need to read, respond to, organize and archive email without an internet connection. This HTML5-powered app is based on the Gmail web app for tablets, which was built to function with or without web access. After you install the Gmail Offline app from the Chrome Web Store, you can continue using Gmail when you lose your connection by clicking the Gmail Offline icon on Chrome’s “new tab” page.”
And when the Google Calendar and Docs really go live, you’ll find the offline can be prodcutive, too, as you can view events from Google Calendar and read documents and spreadsheets with Google Docs even you’re offline. It’s a pity that offline editing isn’t available yet, though Google has promised to make it real.
How abouth other browsers? Google plans to offer those offline service once they support the functionality in future.
Have you tried Gmail offline yet? Give it a try and tell me what you think?
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