And so I reached out to Kiwi with some questions to try and work out what they were thinking. Was this a solution to my problems? A fully-featued offline Google frontend? Alas not, it seems that offline access, in my mind the most obvious use-case for Kiwi, isn’t supported. So, when I got the Kiwi pitch, I thought I was made. But I’m a Windows hguy and am still attached to some of my favorite Windows desktop apps.
#KIWI FOR GMAIL CACHE OSX FULL#
After all, my Android phone has enjoyed full offline access to Gmail for years. One answer, of course, would be to simply take the plunge and go for a Chromebook. What I really want is the Gmail user interface, but with full-fidelity offline access. But after a decade of getting used to Google’s keyboard shortcuts and operating approach, I’m not willing to go back to Outlook. Now, of course, I could use Microsoft Outlook and sync it with Gmail. I really need to be able to compose mail while offline. I travel a huge amount and am often away from WiFi. My one complaint with Google lies in the offline functionality. I am a Google customer and have been using their various office productivity tools for many years now.
#KIWI FOR GMAIL CACHE OSX PASSWORD#
No matter the small fact that the vast majority of security breaches of applications of this type occur not because it is browser-based, but rather because of poor user-behaviors, password control etc.Īnyway, Kiwi claims that it allows Google customers to operate on the same playing field as Microsoft Office in terms of security – a pretty lofty claim from a small company whose product is just as at risk of a desktop-based security breach as a browser-based application.īut security isn’t actually my biggest bug-bear with Kiwi. Kiwi goes to great lengths to insinuate that the security weaknesses of cloud office productivity applications lie in the fact that they’re browser-based. The difference here is that Kiwi is built with a high level of fidelity between itself and the online Google offerings – so the user experience for Kiwi is much like that for Gmail and Docs. Kiwi is, therefore, a series of independent desktop applications, in the same way, Microsoft Office is. Nomenclature aside, Kiwi is a platform that is designed to deliver a browser-independent version of Gmail as well as the Google Apps suite – Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Now I’m not sure whether the name of the product is a none-too-subtle attempt to gain coverage from this proud New Zealand, the PR person in question didn’t actually know the story behind the name. Late last year I received an email from a PR agency asking me to try out Kiwi for Gmail.
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