Got a hands on experience with Gmail gadget in Google Desktop after released a week ago. My impression is, this is a lite version of Gmail, accessible from your desktop with Google Desktop.

All basic email features are available (forward, reply, compose, except delete) as well as ‘star’ feature. Emails still can be viewed via ‘email thread’, but there is no ‘label’ feature available. Meaning that you can’t label emails and view all emails grouped by label.

Keep in mind that Google Desktop requires internet connection to work, so that your Gmail on desktop won’t be disconnected.

I still prefer using IMAP over this gadget, as I’m not a heavy Google Desktop user, and rarely got it switched on.

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