The Google Help page for Gmail-loading problems suggests you make sure your browser is up-to-date. This temporary technique worked for me as well, but another proposed solution-using an encrypted connection (HTTPS) to open Gmail-didn't get my inbox to appear. If clearing Chrome's cache doesn't get Gmail loading again, the simplest alternative workaround is to press Ctrl-Shift-N to open an incognito window prior to signing into your Gmail inbox. One possible fix for Gmail's inability to open in Chrome is to clear the browser's cache via the 'Clear browsing data' dialog box. Click the 'Clear browsing data' button, select the items you want to delete, and choose 'Clear browsing data' once again.

To do so, click the wrench icon in the top right of the browser window and choose Options > Under the Hood. The fix that worked for me was clearing Chrome's cache. Several solutions to the Gmail slowdown were proposed in the thread, but it appears that Google engineers haven't yet figured out why Gmail sometimes balks in Chrome. That's why it caught me by surprise when Gmail wouldn't load in Chrome but would open without a problem in Firefox and IE.Ī quick Web search led to a thread on the Chrome Help forum dating back to March 2009 but updated as recently as this month. Google's Chrome browser is noted for being faster and smaller than Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox.

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