GameRail has gone through several releases of their desktop client with mixed success.

While it may not be a major release, it is nice to see the desktop client get some much-needed love.

Since Picasa hinges in many ways on its desktop client, though, we'll start there.

Mac customers go the @me.com route for e-mail and they use a desktop client, there isn't much to change.

I quite like having desktop client for mail, even for Gmail.

This feature has since been built into desktop clients.

It is accessible through its web interface, desktop clients or mobile devices.

A new version of the desktop client, which had been in beta since early 2012, was released on 15 January 2013.

The desktop clients have their own processing power.

Windows, in turn, is better suited for the desktop client.