HTML 5 instead of Google Gears is good news for Mailplane and Mac users. WebKit, the browser engine used by Mailplane (and Safari + many other Mac apps), already implements the HTML 5 standard. There is no need to install any browser extensions to get offline storage, for instance. With HTML 5 Mailplane can become a 64bit Mac application and still provide Offline storage.
However, we have to wait for Gmail to move to HTML 5. Currently, "Offline Gmail" still requires Google Gears. As far as I know, Google has not announced any date or has mentioned which product will use HTML 5. BTW: Gmail on iPhone already uses HTML 5... While we wait for the HTML 5 transitions, we can still use Offline Gmail by using Google Gears. Keep in mind that Google Gears isn't officially supported for Snow Leopard, though. http://mailplaneapp.com/download/google_gears FYI: Here are two demo WebKit application using offline storage (please open Safari): http://webkit.org/demos/sticky-notes/index.html http://webkit.org/demos/calendar/Calendar.html FYI: "Offline Gmail" HTML 5 discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-labs-help-offline/browse_thread/thread/2518dc8934237ab7/b40613fd013cebf0?lnk=gst&q=html+5#b40613fd013cebf0 On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Rob Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > I read an announcement to the effect that Google Gears is being > discontinued in favor of HTML 5. I don't really understand what that > means, but it seems clear that MailPlane will be affected. > > What (if anything) should we do? > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mailplaneapp" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<mailplaneapp%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mailplaneapp?hl=en. > > > Ruben Bakker // uncomplex gmbh // Switzerland // mailplaneapp.com // twitter <http://www.twitter.com/Mailplane> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mailplaneapp" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mailplaneapp?hl=en.
