Gmail Gets Multi-attachment Updates

Now this is what we call uploading made easy

Uploading multiple attachments at the same time just got enabled. Gmail has warded off the tedious job of uploading files one at a time. Now Gmail will let uploading multiple files at a time, albeit, the maximum limit of attachments remains 20MB only.

As per a recent post on the Official Gmail Blog, sending multiple files from the same folder is as easy as cup of coffee. To add multiple files, simply hold down the Control key (Ctrl) to select multiple files. For adding continuous file lists, hold down Shift key (Shift).

All the files will have separate upload progress bars. It appears that Google has installed a little Flash plugin to allow multiple simultaneous file uploads with progress bars.



We noticed that this new feature works on Firefox, Opera, Chrome and even on the recently released Safari 4. Yes, the feature doesn't work on Internet Explorer 8 RC 1 or earlier. Ouch! That would hurt the Internet Explorer users worldwide.