Gmail goes offline - that's a good thing

Google Makes Gmail Available Offline - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2:50pm

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The biggest drawback of Web-based software, including e-mail programs like Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Microsoft’s Hotmail, is that they don’t work when users are offline — say, while on an airplane or on the road without access to a Wi-Fi connection.