On 18/07/05, James Gibbon wikipedia@jamesgibbon.com wrote:
Strictly speaking it's your browser, not GMail, that remembers the text you type into particular fields - and some browsers may not do this.
No, GMail has a built-in auto-complete from its internal address book. You have to remember that GMail is so heavily JavaScripted that it's more like a mail client in its own right that just happens to run inside your web browser - a genuine "web application", I guess, although that term is so full of hype it makes me cringe to use it.
It's actually got some quite interesting UI features, like the "stack of cards" conversation display, and the way the spell-check works. [Of course, you can also view it in "basic HTML" or connect to your inbox over POP3, but the normal interface is part of what makes it stand out]
(If you want to try it out for yourself and see what I mean, drop me a line and I'll "invite" you)