Text formatting options are available if you download WebKit and use the experimental WebKit enabled version of Gmail Browser (see the web page for details).
You can now change the home page, so it should work with GAFYD.
Saving your information works for me; perhaps those who are having trouble with this have cookies disabled in Safari?
The privacy/google logging implications of this are identical to using Safari.
As for WHY, a logical separation of Gmail from the rest of the web is really useful for some people, including me. Of course, it's not interesting to everyone.
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Gmail Browser
Text formatting options are available if you download WebKit and use the experimental WebKit enabled version of Gmail Browser (see the web page for details).
You can now change the home page, so it should work with GAFYD.
Saving your information works for me; perhaps those who are having trouble with this have cookies disabled in Safari?
The privacy/google logging implications of this are identical to using Safari.
As for WHY, a logical separation of Gmail from the rest of the web is really useful for some people, including me. Of course, it's not interesting to everyone.