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Re: Need Google Apps on Your Desktop? Try GMDesk.

martina — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:13:25 -0000

Ill try this one and the other ones I read in the comments, I have the new version of outlook but sometimes get stuck for no reason!

Re: Need Google Apps on Your Desktop? Try GMDesk.

markbrooks — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:14:33 -0000

Zimbra rocks! I've been using it for a few weeks now and its been solid and speedy. I can use Gmail offline and its a LOT faster than Gmail online.

Gmail has been dogging recently so Zimbra has really helped me speed up my email work. I can't wait 3-7 seconds for a page to load. Zimbra works nicely as a buffer. When gmail is slow, fine, Zimbra picks up the slack and just pushes out the email when Gmail makes its mind up to speed up. Works offline. Works with Yahoo as well. Nice app. I recommend it.

Outlook and Exchange on the other hand...waaay to slow. Sherweb and Intermedia are great Exchange hosts but I'm so done with Outlook now.

Mark Brooks, 212-444-1636, http://www.socialnetworking...

Re: Need Google Apps on Your Desktop? Try GMDesk.

J.C. — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:05:04 -0000

I have been attempting to install this all day - I crashes my computer everytime mid-install.

Re: Need Google Apps on Your Desktop? Try GMDesk.

xattabych — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:19:44 -0000

I agree with Blake, it's just simple configured web-browser :)

Re: Need Google Apps on Your Desktop? Try GMDesk.

Blake — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:30:29 -0000

I tried GMDesk, but it doesn't seem to give me anything I can't get with my plain old web browser. GMDesk also uses a lot of memory, and although I was able to tone that down a notch with Minimem, it didn't seem worth it to me. Besides, being on my computer as much as I am, I'm going to want to visit other websites too, which means I'll have to open a browser anyway.

What I would like is a desktop version of Gmail that has more desktop-like features, like HTML messages. Basically the same feature set as Thunderbird or Outlook, but with Gmail featurees like tagging instead of folders, threaded conversation view, advanced search, etc. But GMDesk just takes the same Gmail and other Google services you get in the browser and lets you access them outside the browser. I don't see the point, especially when it doesn't use less memory than a regular browser.

Re: Need Google Apps on Your Desktop? Try GMDesk.

Geoffrey Allan Plauché — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:26:34 -0000

You can essentially do the same thing and more with Mozilla's Prism.

Re: Need Google Apps on Your Desktop? Try GMDesk.

Chris Messina — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:36:07 -0000

I'll stick with Fluid (http://fluidapp.com) and Mailplane (http://mailplane.com)