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Reading messages isn't hard, but it does involve a few more clicks than you might like. To fix that, you can sit Gmail down and ask it to display the reading pane, which is a separate area displayed alongside the inbox. When you select a message, Gmail displays the message text in the reading pane. One-click reading!

You have two choices when it comes to the position of the reading pane:

 To the right of the inbox: This option splits the inbox area vertically so that you end up with the inbox on the left and the reading pane on the right. This gives you the most vertical reading space, so it's best if you tend to get long messages.

 Below the inbox: This option splits the inbox area horizontally so that you end up with the inbox on the top and the reading pane on the bottom. This gives you the most horizontal inbox space, which makes it easier to navigate your messages.

Follow these steps to start using the reading pane:

1 Choose Settings ⇒ See all settings.Gmail opens the Settings page with the General tab displayed.

2 Click the Inbox tab.

3 For the Reading Pane setting, select the Enable Reading Pane check box.

4 For the Reading Pane Position setting, click the radio button you prefer: Right of Inbox or Below Inbox.You also see a third option here: No Split. This tells Gmail to go ahead and activate the reading pane, but not to show it right away. You can then display the reading pane whenever you need it by using the Toggle Split Pane Mode list, pointed out in Figure 2-11.

5 Scroll to the bottom of the inbox page and click Save Changes.

FIGURE 2-11: The reading pane, positioned below the inbox message list.

Figure 2-11 shows the inbox with the reading pane lurking below the message list, dutifully displaying the text of the selected message. Note, too, the new Toggle Split Pane Mode list, which you can use to adjust the reading pane position to the right of the inbox (Vertical Split), below the inbox (Horizontal Split), or hidden (No Split).