How to Access Gmail Apps on your Desktop!

March 10th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Google

When you use the service supplied by Google like Gmail, Google Calender, Google Docs, Google Maps, Google Reader and Picasa, do you think it over if could access these program by the desk application? Then the GMDesk just for you.In this tutorial, we will discuss about the ways to access Gmail on your desktop.

GMDesk :

GMDesk is a Adobe Air application which runs on your desktop. With GMDesk, you can access most of the Google services, including Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Picasa and Maps. A good thing about this software is that it is cross-platform compatible and you can access your Google services under your own domain name. The only issue you might face with GMDesk is that some of the fonts in Gmail are smaller than the original one and could be straining to your eyes.

Screen shots illustrating the use of GMDesk

Preferences and setting for GMDesk Application

GMDesk preferences and setting

Access to other Google services using GMDesk

Installing GMDesk

If you have not installed Adobe Air on your system, download the installer and install it.

Either go to the GMDesk home page and click on the GMDesk Flash Installer to install, or if you prefer a manual method, download the AIR application from Google code.