We love using Gmail.com for its many features, but if you want offline access and a more "desktop-like" experience, you can get your Gmail messages delivered to a desktop client, like Outlook or ...

Using the tablet-friendly, two-pane Gmail on your regular old computer is pretty simple, and it employs the same user agent tricks that we've used for all kinds of things in the past.

Type then Tab Jason Cipriani/CNET So how do you use Smart Compose? It's pretty easy. Just start typing. As you type, you'll see slightly transparent text to the right of your cursor.