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1. Jack Moffitt

   What do people use for Offline Gmail these days since Gears no longer works? #lazyweb

   Wednesday, 03-Feb-10 23:31:13 UTC from xmpp
   • Brion Vibber

     @metajack you can always keep a firefox 3.5 profile around just for gmail until gears is updated ;)

     Wednesday, 03-Feb-10 23:46:12 UTC
   • Jack Moffitt Brion Vibber

     @brionv Google already said they won't be updating Gears any more.

     Wednesday, 03-Feb-10 23:46:57 UTC
   • Matěj Cepl

     @metajack cost of conversion ... I have couple of GB of emails in folders; plus why Gmail doesn't use HTML5 yet?

     Wednesday, 03-Feb-10 23:48:22 UTC
   • Jack Moffitt Matěj Cepl

     @mcepl Gmail uses HTML5 just fine on the iPhone version, just not on the regular one.

     Wednesday, 03-Feb-10 23:49:17 UTC
   • Brion Vibber

     @metajack they're phasing Gears out for HTML 5 APIs, but I can't find any announce they're dropping it before updating their own apps?

     Wednesday, 03-Feb-10 23:52:17 UTC
   • Brion Vibber

     @metajack mobile Gmail UI was written from the ground up for iPhone & Android; retrofitting the main UI is probably a bigger project.

     Wednesday, 03-Feb-10 23:53:43 UTC
   • Samuel Clemens Rewtapello

     @metajack The only remote email protocol is IMAP, which enshrines Eudora/Outlook behaviour in other mailers.

     Wednesday, 03-Feb-10 23:56:52 UTC
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   • Jack Moffitt Samuel Clemens Rewtapello

     @screwtape You don't have to make the UI look like the underlying protocol.

     Wednesday, 03-Feb-10 23:59:15 UTC
   • Samuel Clemens Rewtapello

     @metajack You don't have to, but it makes the developers' lives easier.

     Thursday, 04-Feb-10 00:01:50 UTC