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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. Apple rejects HTML5 on iPad/iPhone by Orga · · Score: 5, Funny

    Take THAT!

    1. Re:Apple rejects HTML5 on iPad/iPhone by mrsteveman1 · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Hulu will blink before Apple does. Netflix for instance was (and is) using Silverlight for browser streaming, and they decided to go with HTTP streaming and a native App for the iPad and iPhone.

  2. 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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    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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  3. Re:Slower and slower by Darkness404 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well, of course. There is a reason they are called "lab" extensions, they aren't stable, they aren't guaranteed to not increase memory usage, the majority of them are to add a feature quickly, then later work on an elegant solution.

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  4. What competition do they have? by radarsat1 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It amazes me how far, it seems, gmail is ahead of the competition when it comes to usability. It is the only web-based email client I have used that feels like a proper application, and works exactly as I'd like it to.

    However, I know that at this point there _must_ be competition for it out there, open source or otherwise. Does anyone know other email services that offer a comparably usable interface?