Gmail Adds Drag and Drop Attachment Support, Keeps Being Awesome
Gmail Adds Drag and Drop Attachment Support, Keeps Being Awesome
Posted 04/15/2010 at 5:34pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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Users of the Chrome and Firefox 3.6 browsers got a nice treat today courtesy of Google. Gmail in those browsers now supports drag and drop file attachments. Instead of using the attachment link to bring up a file explorer window, you can just drag files into the Gmail interface and have them uploaded automatically. The feature works with multiple file uploads and requires no tinkering with settings.
Dragging a file (or files) anywhere in the Gmail window will bring up a special box in the area usually reserved for attachments. Simply drop the file(s) anywhere in that box to upload. Google hinted in their blog post that the feature was only being enabled in Firefox 3.6 and Chrome due to a some missing features in other browsers. Perhaps some sort of HTML5 support?
We really dig this feature, and hope that Google adds more UI elements that are this intuitive. Is this the sort of feature you'll use? Anything you've really been hoping Gmail would implement?
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schwit
April 15, 2010 at 6:34pm
No folders, labels don't cut it.
No opening multiple accounts simulteniously.
roninnder
April 15, 2010 at 8:46pm
There's a greasemonkey script that will give you folders if you need them, and there are firefox and chrome addons that will let you check multiple accounts simultaneously.
roninnder
April 15, 2010 at 8:39pm
Aw man, when you were like "Awesome? NOT!" I was like "OH, BURN!"
Walnut
April 15, 2010 at 7:15pm
Labels do every thing folders can do and then some. They take a little getting used to but they are far superior. As far as one account at a time, that is a pain. It's largely negated, though, by the fact that Gmail can can grab mail from other accounts automatically. I have it checking three other accounts and sorting each into a separate label configured like a folder.
Tekzel
April 16, 2010 at 6:50am
Uh, folders suck, labels rule. I had written a long detailed reply as to why, but the spam filter on this site didn't want it posted. I can't believe they havent fixed that box of retarded yet.
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You know users... Buncha bitchy little girls.
monkeykid753
April 15, 2010 at 6:22pm
First post, and of course, can it run Crysis?
But this is a nice update... I'm sure it'll come in handy!
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