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Google Bringing HTML5 To Gmail

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the oh-goody-more-animation dept.

angry tapir writes "In keeping with Google's enthusiasm for the emerging HTML5 standard, many upcoming features of the company's Gmail Web-based e-mail service will be rendered in HTML5. One feature that the Gmail design team is now working on is the ability to drag files from the desktop into the browser. Gmail will also make use of HTML5's database standards. Currently the e-mail service uses Google Gears to store mail for offline reading, but over time that will migrate to the HTML5 standards."

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  1. Thats not new by QuantumRiff · · Score: 4, Informative

    One feature that the Gmail design team is now working on is the ability to drag files from the desktop into the browser

    This has been working for over a month on Gmail now. its much nicer to attach files by dragging and dropping with HTML5. (chrome, in my case)

    now if they would allow you to insert inline graphics...

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    What are we going to do tonight Brain?
    1. Re:Thats not new by ghee22 · · Score: 4, Informative

      There is a Gmail Lab for this feature: Inserting images by Kent T Allows you to insert images into a message body. You can upload and insert image files in your computer, or insert images by URLs. This lab will not work if you have offline enabled.

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      "Persistence is annoying success." - ghee22 11:28:1999 - 10:53:PM
  2. Slower and slower by JustinRLynn · · Score: 3, Informative

    No matter how many features they pile into gmail, no matter how flashy and pretty they make it, any time I need to actually quickly check my email or read several in new tabs, I am going to use 'basic html view'. The advanced modes are better for searching/sorting though.

    1. Re:Slower and slower by ghee22 · · Score: 2, Informative

      Agreed. With over 35 labs enabled, my gmail tab in the latest version of Chrome steadily increases its memory usage. I have repeatedly experienced a 300% increase in memory usage over a 4 hour period.

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      "Persistence is annoying success." - ghee22 11:28:1999 - 10:53:PM
    2. Re:Slower and slower by eggled · · Score: 2, Informative

      Increased memory usage over time is often not a memory leak, and not always a bug.

      If the memory usage increases without bound and begins to conflict with other programs that are attempting to use memory, then it's a bug. Anything else may just be good caching behavior (If you can cache something to improve performance, that's better than leaving memory underutilized).

  3. Re:Apple rejects HTML5 on iPad/iPhone by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Hulu is blocking video playback through Flash on Android, because they don't have licensing rights to serve video to "mobile devices". I doubt they're too concerned about iPhone, otherwise they'd have released a native app by now.

  4. Re:Apple rejects HTML5 on iPad/iPhone by Professor_UNIX · · Score: 3, Informative

    They'd probably rather license the content to mobile providers using services like Verizon's VCAST. I recently read they went live with VCAST for Android which could explain why Hulu is blocking Android phones with Flash. No sense in letting users get something for free with ads when you can charge them for a premium service right?