Google would love a world where everyone is online all the time. In fact, it’s basing all of its strategies on this. We’re not quite there yet, so, in the meantime, it’s working on making its services available when offline. Gmail makes it possible to work offline with a Google Gears version of the service that has been available since earlier this year. But it’s not a complete stand-in for the regular version and one of the most requested features has been the ability to send offline attachments, something Google has finally introduced.
“One of the most requested features for Offline Gmail has been the ability to include attachments in messages composed while offline. Starting today, attachments work just the way you would expect them to whether you are online or offline (with the exception that when you’re offline you won’t be able to include inline images). Just add the attachment and send your message,” Andy Palay, software engineer at Google, wrote.
First things first, if you want to send offline attachments, you need to enable offline access in Gmail. Before you can enable the Labs feature, you need to have Google Gears installed for your browser, which you can get here. Gears is built into Google Chrome, so you can skip this step if you use this browser. Then, go to the Labs tab in the Gmai… (read more)