GMail got Gears!
Hurray! Yippee!! Wow!!! Cool!!!! Please, Please, let this be for real!! Oh My Gosh!!! It’s working!!!! –Speechless for few moments–
This morning when I logged into my GMail, There was a bright yellow notification on the top left corner saying “New Stuff in Labs”. When I opened the page, I was still thinking that there will be the usual small modifications, and I won’t be finding anything Big (As is the case whenever I check New Stuff in Labs link, sometimes I didn’t even bother to check that link because I know there wouldn’t be anything great there). But today was different. The GMail developers sent me a message to not to take their laboratory so lightly. I cheked out the first three items (Previews, Undo Send, Tasks Mobile) without any emotions. The fourth one made me cry out loud (Some of them listed in the beginning of this post).
I quickly enabled Gears support and entered the offline mode. The initial sync took some time, but after that It was Awesome!!! Never was I so delighted with a new feature of an application in my life till now. Wow, GMail works offline… And that too, seamlessly. Without any effort from user. When I’m online, it automatically syncs, When I’m offline, it gets switched to offline automatically… Not like the Google Reader which requires specific clicking of the offline button and online button for synchronization.
After the initial sync, GMail was always quick and fast in synchronizing. Offline mode, despite some featurs disabled (attachments etc), is enough for my routine use. Even though I won’t replace my Evolution Desktop Mail client (since it gives me the option to right click a file and send as attachment to email), the offline capabilities of GMail will push Evolution to a second preference in regular usage.
Google Reader folks, please get the google reader sync as seamless as the gmail sync…. It’s really slow, and not being automatic is a pain since in my area, Wi-Fi is like on-and-off. I can’t tell when I’m connected and when I won’t be. Please, make the Google Reader Sync automatic.
Thanks a zillion guys @ GMail/Gears team. You made my day! 
