Read the title again. Gmail is going offline soon and that’s the truth. Scared yet?
Gmail is actually testing out a new lab feature: Offline Gmail
The video featured in the official blog looks really cool, and they are currently opening the lab feature for testing in the UK and US. Seeing how many emails I store in my Gmail account, I am scared to test it out when it comes available for me. One thing for sure, all these emails require storage on the local hard disk.
The feature requires Google Gears to work, where local application files are cached in the local browser for immediate use. WordPress has this feature since the last available version and it has worked well for me.
I wonder if there is any option to only sync emails according to their age, so that I don’t have to sync the whole thing. I’ll wait and see.
Nevertheless, this is a very useful feature. Bravo!
