Google Apps Windows Client

[rrafluap]

Hi,

 

As far as I'm aware, there is no official windows application for accessing Google Apps, mainly Google Mail...

 

Is there anything out there that can be deployed and be configured for our school or is there a way of launching Chrome separately to the chrome already open?

 

Basically, i, along with many of my colleagues like to have my emails open on my second monitor but access the internet (via Chrome) on the other - obviously I'm going to want to have the mail window in another instance of Chrome.

 

I've decided against Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook as (as far as I'm aware) Requires configuration and will probably confuse the staff as its half Outlook, half GMail.

 

I hope this makes sense and hope someone has ideas!

 

Thanks,

 

Paul.

[jtoland]

Well one way is to create a shortcut to Gmail and the other way is to build a vb program do you want it to log the staff in automatically or do you want them to sign in

[rrafluap]

Well one way is to create a shortcut to Gmail and the other way is to build a vb program do you want it to log the staff in automatically or do you want them to sign in

 

I had thought about the vb program! It only needs to launch the site, the rest would (I assume) be stored in cookies.

 

I'll give it a go, Thanks.

[Arthur]

Just create a shortcut with the --app switch.

 

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --app=[color="#FF0000"]https://mail.google.com/a/yourdomain.com[/color]

 

Edit. The following might be better actually...

 

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" [color="#FF0000"]https://mail.google.com/a/yourdomain.com[/color] --new-window

Edited January 17, 2015 by Arthur