Comments on: Zimbra Demonstrates Offline Ajax

By: David Van Couvering 's Blog

David Van Couvering 's Blog — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:45:23 +0000

Zimbra uses Derby for offline storage!

I was poking around the blogosphere and discovered serendipitously that the new offline support in Zimbra uses Apache Derby, and was actually inspired by the demonstration Francois did of offline Derby at ApacheCon in 2005. Way cool!

By: KevinH

KevinH — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:28:38 +0000

>They did not say anything about bowser support – which all browsers will it support?

All the browsers Zimbra’s AJAX app supports today… Firefox, IE, Safari, Mozilla, etc.

>What exactly is the scope of their offline support?

Full offline sync of your collaboration data. Mail and contacts will be the focus of the first beta.

>Can I shutdown the browser and start it again without losing data?

Yes.

>Can I startup the browser, open the mail page and view my inbox, all without an internet connection at the start?

Yes.

By: Techhawking » Blog Archive » Offline Storage in Ajax applications ?

Techhawking » Blog Archive » Offline Storage in Ajax applications ? — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 05:46:54 +0000

[...] Zimbra working on offline application [...]

By: Oliver Clevont

Oliver Clevont — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:58:23 +0000

What exactly is the scope of their offline support? Can I shutdown the browser and start it again without losing data? Can I startup the browser, open the mail page and view my inbox, all without an internet connection at the start?

By: Binny V A

Binny V A — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 08:00:38 +0000

They did not say anything about bowser support – which all browsers will it support?

By: Anne 2.0 » Blog Archive » Zimbra Introduces Offline Version

Anne 2.0 » Blog Archive » Zimbra Introduces Offline Version — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:13:24 +0000

[...] Zimbra demonstrated an offline version of its Ajax client yesterday at Web 2.0. It handles two way synchronization of mail, calendar, contacts, and documents for disconnected work. I’m assuming they’re using some sort of browser storage approach, although Ajaxian mentions that in the past they’ve used a localhost proxy to allow for disconnected access. Installing and running a localhost sounds far too painful. I’m betting on browser storage. [...]

By: Mark Holton

Mark Holton — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:58:06 +0000

…I wonder how the capabilities compare between Zimbra’s offline capability, and Dojo’s. Anyone know?