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Helvetimail is here
09.13.09 | Permalink | 73 Comments

So you can finally grab the Helvetimail at josefrichter.com/helvetimail. This took a lot of time, because Gmail html, css and js are extremely messy. Does anyone know why?
If you like Helvetimail, please see also my Helvetwitter.
Please use discussion under this blogpost to submit comments, report problems, etc. I am aware that Helvetimail is far from [...]
apple, google, user interface
Offline Gmail, Google Docs, Helvetireader, etc. using Fluid
05.27.09 | Permalink | 14 Comments

UPDATE: Helvetwitter is out! See www.josefrichter.com/helvetwitter
In a previous post, I was explaining how to enable Google Gears within Mozilla Prism to turn Gmail, Google Docs and other Google Applications into stand-alone offline applications, that may come useful e.g. when you are in plane or train.
You may know, that specifically for Mac, there is an alternative [...]
apple, google, user interface
Gmail as a stand-alone offline application using Gears and Prism
05.17.09 | Permalink | 16 Comments

This guide explains how to combine the wonderful new techonologies Mozilla Prism and Google Gears with Gmail to create a fully fledged desktop application that works also in offline mode. It is tested on Mac OS X Leopard, but it should be done the same way under Windows and Linux. In the same way you [...]