google gears gmail

gmail now works offline with google gears. 1) if I did not already have all of my gmail downloaded into mail.app, I would be thrilled about this. 2) I am hoping this means that we can expect offline google calendar in the near future.
New in Labs: Offline Gmail

Now, if only they could rescue gmail contacts from its current state of super-suck. 

4Forget it. You cannot attach files to emails composed while offline.