GMail

Google keeps adding new functionalities to GMail and that’s great, but how about fixing what you broke?

Before the new Gmail v2 release, if you clicked on ‘download’ for an attachment, it would open in a new window. Now what happens is that Gmail uses the same window and navigates to a blank page which give you the download pop-up from your browser. If you click on the back button hoping to go back to your inbox…nothing happens!! Only way to go back to your inbox is by typing in the url. Your session is still alive, so you will still be logged in.

Google started a trend a few years ago, where everything they released was a beta. This meant that you could use the software as you like, but at your own risk. If you stored data in GMail while it was in beta, you cannot hold GMail/Google responsible if it gets lots, errased or causes any damage to anyone or anything.

So, finally after years and years of people asking Google/Gmail for IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) functionality, it has been released. Google Mail through IMAP.

I'm not quite sure why someone would want to do this, but it is now available.