How do I use Gmail offline with Firefox?
Using Firefox 59.0.3 (64-bit), when I try to enable the "Use offline" setting in Gmail I get the error message:
"The browser that you are using is missing some features required to enable offline. To enable offline, you must use Chrome with version 61 or higher."
Like many people, I don't want to use Chrome, but I do want to use Gmail offline. Is there a practical solution, please?
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Hi WaterfordWanderer,
If you use Thunderbird you can use Gmail offline :
https://www.lifewire.com/offline-imap-email-inbox-thunderbird-1173086
If you don't use Thunderbird, but would like to :
Thank you, Murphy, for your prompt reply!
I have been aware of Thunderbird for more than a decade but have resisted using it.
Since I travel a lot, I often have to use computers that are not my own and while Firefox is often available, Thunderbird rarely is - that's just one reason I would prefer to use a Gmail + Firefox browser based solution.
I'm sorry, but Firefox 'doesn't do' email ......
I can only come up with these search results pertaining to
Gmail offline .....
Murphy said
I'm sorry, but Firefox 'doesn't do' email ......
Many people use web based email. Very many people use web browsers to access Gmail.
I like to use Firefox online to access web-based Gmail and if I was to switch to using Chrome instead, I could continue composing replies offline and upload them later when I was online again.
Is there a technical reason why I'm never able to do this with Firefox or is this an anti-competitive practice by Google?
WaterfordWanderer said
Many people use web based email. Very many people use web browsers to access Gmail.
Yes, of course - for 'regular browsing', but not for a feature that you are looking for, I'm afraid. But maybe somebody will prove me wrong (fingers crossed).
Is there a technical reason why I'm never able to do this with Firefox or is this an anti-competitive practice by Google?
I have absolutely no idea - maybe somebody with more knowledge in this area will be able to answer that question.
I'm so sorry that I haven't been able to give you the answers you're
looking for .....
'Did some more searching and I found this add-on :
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/checker-plus-gmail/
Under 'About this extension' (scroll down some) it says :
" Supports the offline view " .......
(I'm afraid it doesn't do what you want, though - but : who knows ..... )