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Gmail and GCal Prep for Offline Use
Posted by Kevin Purdy at 12:50 AM on July 18, 2008
Alex at the Google Operating System blog hears word that Google Calendar and Gmail will have Gears-supported offline modes in about six weeks, and a few users have already seen accidental offline prompts. Intriguing news, to say the least. Photo by NOTICIAS-TIC.
Tags: gears | gmail | google calendar | offline | organise
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collinturner.com
Posted 1:27 AM 18/7/08
It would be really special if this would finally allow my windows mobile to love up to Google with some hot, hot Sync action.
Yeah, that was poetical.
collinturner.com
Joe
Posted 1:23 AM 18/7/08
Good bye Desktop calendar applications (for me at least)
Joe
hal9000
Posted 1:20 AM 18/7/08
will we be able to use better gmail with it?
hal9000
michaelrjohnson
Posted 1:18 AM 18/7/08
Seemed inevitable. However, I wonder how well this performs vs. POP and/or IMAP as a local Gmail client alternative. Time will tell, I guess.
michaelrjohnson
badgerz
Posted 1:14 AM 18/7/08
A use for gears, it was only a matter of time...
badgerz
visco9
Posted 1:06 AM 18/7/08
This just may be enough to get me on the gears bandwagon
visco9
dualsub2006
Posted 1:57 AM 18/7/08
I will stick with Outlook until Gmail/Gcal offers tasks at the very least. Journal and Notes would be nice as well. Oh, and full BlackBerry sync as well.
I don't always have my laptop with me. That's where the BB comes in. Until all of that is available, I'll continue to use Outlook for my desktop/offline needs.
dualsub2006
adistefano
Posted 2:54 AM 18/7/08
Guys,
Off line mode is something that lot of users will love.
Out Free MS Outlook integration application KiGoo ([www.getkigoo.com]) is planed to have it in the near future, also with support for multiple calendars and Google Doc access.
adistefano
aj_robins
Posted 3:29 AM 18/7/08
Meh, I'd rather see Google implement exchange support, so that iPhones and other smartphones can get push email, without losing the *@gmail.com address (sorry, email forwarding is not really acceptable).
aj_robins
mskadu
Posted 4:53 AM 18/7/08
Actually I find it strange that FF is moving towards building-in offline support, while google seems to be pent up in moving their applications towards the gears add-on.
Well, now that I think of it, when FF comes around it would be simply a matter of removing the need for a plugin, wouldnt it?
I cant wait though, this will probably be my most sought after feature in g-apps yet.
mskadu
PatrickTulskie
Posted 6:13 AM 18/7/08
@mskadu: Except that gears has been around for longer, is supported by bunches of sites, and works in IE and FF.
PatrickTulskie
marc.j
Posted 7:22 AM 18/7/08
Is google calendar ever going to be more smoothly integrated with gmail? I find it such a hassle sometimes, would be nice to have a clean way to use both at once.
marc.j
natenovs
Posted 7:14 AM 18/7/08
will there be a limit on how much gets stored offline? gears is useless to me on google reader because it only stores the last 1000 stories. I want everything stored offline!
natenovs
4ster
Posted 7:53 AM 18/7/08
@dualstub2006; Google has pretty good Gcal-Blackberry sync. It was what made me switch from iCal. Its nice for my wife to be able to see/add to my schedule and have it automatically synced to my phone. It's also nice to not have to remember to manually sync with my computer.
4ster
firealien
Posted 2:17 AM 19/7/08
Oh, if this news coming in real...
Good-bye, Outlook.
firealien
AndiC
Posted 1:47 AM 18/7/08
About time esp with gmail. One problem is that it will take a while for google apps to follow suite. Still also waiting for complete google docs support with gears.
AndiC