If, like me, you are getting a blank page when you try to go to Gmail in Internet Explorer 7, I have a handy workaround if you’re using the Google toolbar. You can edit the Gmail button in the toolbar so that you instruct it to go to https://mail.google.com/ instead of http://mail.google.com/.
Note the difference is the s after http. the secure site loads fine.
To edit the button, click on settings on the toolbar (the green circle on the right of the bar, then options. Go to the buttons tab and in the custom buttons box, highlight the Gmail button. This activates the Edit button on the right. Click the edit button and then click on the “Use the advanced editor” link. This will open a new IE session with a window where you can edit the XML of the button.
Scroll down until you find http://mail.google.com/?source=navclient and just simply add the extra s so you have https://mail.google.com/?source=navclient in its place. Click on Save to Google toolbar and there you have it.
A working link you all your Gmail goodness in the comfort of your IE7 window.
Or you could use FireFox instead!!
Thanks
I had this problem and I fixed it with your advice
Hi Marcelo,
I’m glad to hear it helped you.
Cheers,
Conall
I have problem with Gmail in both IE7 and Mozilla Firefox 3.0. When the page goes to load, the browser just keeps refreshing over and over and over, and you never actually get the page to show up. Is there anything that I can do?????????