January 28th morning news: China Navigation Free Email Information column reported from foreign media that Google officially announced the launch of Gmail's offline version. Google announced in its corporate blog on Tuesday that it will introduce a new feature for offline Gmail emails for both corporate users of "Google Apps" and personal Gmail users.
The offline version of Gmail allows users to read emails, add star marks to emails, set labels, archive or organize emails through the browser without an internet connection. Users can also write new emails and save them to the outbox, which will be sent once they are online again.
The offline email service of Gmail is based on the Google Gears platform. With this platform, Google has already introduced offline features for Google Docs, Google Reader, and several third-party web applications. The company also plans to provide offline functions for other Google applications, such as Google Calendar. Google expects to complete the rollout of the offline version of Gmail within a few days.
The launch of Gmail's offline version will pose a significant threat to Microsoft's Hotmail! Not long ago, survey data from a well-known internet research company showed that Gmail ranks fourth among major email service providers in the United States. The offline version of Gmail will be a great boost for increasing the number of Gmail users.