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gmail drag drop
About this tag
The gmail drag drop tag covers discussions about Google's implementation of drag-and-drop attachment functionality in Gmail. This feature allows users to drag files from their desktop directly into an email message, initially supported in Chrome and Firefox 3.6 browsers. The tag includes threads about how Google released this feature without prior testing in Google Labs, contrasting with its usual approach. Similar functionality existed in Google Wave, which may have influenced the decision to skip the experimental phase. The tag also touches on browser support and the gradual rollout of the feature to other browsers as they become compatible.
Google released a brace of features yesterday that the company uncharacteristically slotted straight into Gmail without testing them out with its users in Google Labs first.
Gmailers reading their email through a Chrome or Firefox 3.6 browser can now drag-and-drop attachments from their desktop...