Offline Support For Gmail In Chrome Stops Today
As of today, offline access to Gmail is no longer possible in Chrome. Gears, the software previously used in Chrome, was developed by Google and enables more powerful web applications by adding new features to a browser such as allowing some online files to be used offline. It is still available in Firefox 3.6 and Internet Explorer 8, but using outdated browsers to utilize an outdated plug in is not recommended.
Offline support for Gmail is set to return via the Chrome Web Store this summer in the form of a Gmail application. More information on the matter can be found here.
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I’m almost sure a correction is necessary. Not *Gears* is set to return….. but Offline Gmail in Chrome is set to return via a web app.
I’m pretty sure Google’s use of Gears is set to die permanently.
Is that a fact?
Yeah. As of over a year ago. http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1593062/google-drops-gears
Cheers. :]