Comments on: Gmail comes to the desktop in gadget form

Google has a new Gmail gadget for its Google Desktop product that gives you keyboard shortcuts and mail search right from your widget sidebar.

[mrorie]

Checking multiple gmails at one time would be handy (currently I just have iGoogle set up in Firefox and Chrome, and use either browser to check two accounts as needed), but the requirement to have Google Desktop is a bad one; my company has restricted its installation.

[Josh.Lowensohn]

Same here, which is why I couldn't dig in further from my work machine. Having all our files indexed in Google's servers is an IT security nightmare. Too bad you can't get the widget part as a stand-alone product unlike Yahoo's offering.

[close5828]

I still don't get why people trust Google so much w/ their data, let alone e-mail.

[hartman06]

I don't get why end users trust "the cloud" so much...

[Haasbat]

Because Google, "the cloud," or whatever name your culture calls it, is the new world diety, quickly replacing FSM. I can hear the chanting already. And yes, I am a follower.

[idfubar]

What other choice does one have? I'm an infrastructure geek and even I've suffered data loss - isn't Google a safer bet for me?

[emad8080]

thanks

[streamline35]

I'd get it if it didn't require google desktop

[kanstar]

Same here, Google desktop is a resource hungry app. I look forward to Google presenting option for a standalone app for Gmail... what say Google? Will it work like in offline mode? Where will the data be stored like .pst or temporary file till it connects?

[dragonbite]

Won't work on Linux? Oh well, give it time.

[imamfarisi]

cool