Gmail attachment bugs

Posted by Matt Thommes on May 12, 2009 | Post type: Pain | Status: Unresolved

All of a sudden, I noticed this morning that Gmail has reverted the attachments feature to the old format, where you individually select files, and no indicator displays the upload progress:

Screenshot of Gmail

I haven't attached any files in at least a week or so, so I'm not exactly sure when this was reverted. I'm positive I've uploaded files using the new format, where you don't have to repeatedly hit "Attach another file," then "Browse" for every single attachment. I've also witnessed the upload progress indicator in action many times in the past, which is now absent when I choose a file to attach:

Screenshot of Gmail

At first I thought this could be a Gmail "Labs" feature that somehow got turned off, but I'm pretty sure this was an official change made by the Gmail team, and not just a Labs setting.

This is evident in Firefox on Windows. I've also tested in IE7/Windows, and there's a slightly different story:

There's no "Browse" button displayed, which is more consistent with the new uploader recently implemented. However, when you click "Attach another file," it opens the local file browser window, lets you select a file, but once you hit "Open," it doesn't perform the inline upload that was evident with the new utility. Rather, the attachment file location just sits there:

Screenshot of Gmail

As you can see above, there is also a weird "gap" that keeps growing every time you hit "Attach another file," then Cancel.

In the end, the file never gets attached, and I can't send emails with attachments.

Something is seriously broken with the attachments utility at the current time.

Let us know if you're also experiencing this issue.

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Matt Thommes is an independent publishing enthusiast, mobile blogger, content creator, informative writer, web developer from a suburb of Chicago. Never one to conform, Matt intends to promote the effect the web has on our lives, in an effort to intensify, instruct, and clarify all that is happening around us.

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# SamC at 7/27/2009 6:40 am cst
Same has happened with me re: indicator disappearing. Very annoying as the feature is definitely turned on!

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# Gabriele at 12/7/2009 9:28 am cst

Same here, no multiple attachment and no progress bars. The old attachment features works ok though. Does anyone know if they are working on it?

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