Google has finally started an experimental release of its offline GMail client. It uses Google Gears as you might expect. The current downside is that it is only available for US and UK customers. Since I like being a Beta tester (it hones my work skills as a tester) I’m a little disappointed. But it’s [...]
This is an update to the post below. I installed Firefox 3.1 beta2 and was surprised that the Send and Discard buttons in Gmail would not work when editing an email. In the Gmail v1.0 layout all would be fine. I searched for the issue but couldn’t find anyone else who had this problem. After [...]
Just diligently downloaded the beta 2 of Firefox (Mac OS X). Yes, yes I know…. but I am this way. I test betas of Firefox, CrossoverOffice, WordPress and others. And I do give feedback to these projects. Probably one of the banes of a tester! But I think it’s a little like voting. If you [...]
Gmail is my absolute favourite webmail client. I have gotten used to the somewhat unaccustomed way of managing mail. Security concerns are present but I have somewhat dealt with my paranoia. Google churns out new Gmail features on a regular basis. The newest one arrived in my mailbox today. It is Themes for Google mail. [...]
I just came accross a new feature of GMail. There are quite a few password hunters out there trying to steal GMail accounts so don’t use HTTP! To make sure you never forget go to the settings screen (top right) and tick the box below. This definitely forces GMail into HTTPS mode and makes GMail [...]