Want Gmail IMAP? Switch Languages.

So you probably know that Gmail now has IMAP support. What you may not know is that IMAP support is only currently available in the “English US” language. I tried Indonesian, German, French and Japanese. Being the language snob that I am, I prefer to use UK English wherever available. But no IMAP. Google have done this before, for example, when Chat and Web Clips were first added to Gmail, they were not available in other languages. While I am content for now to switch back to US English for the IMAP, it’s pretty bad form and basically equivalent to an incomplete feature release. I don’t even care if you can switch languages, enable IMAP, then switch straight back. Pick up your game, Google.