Google’s Web-based document, spread sheet, drawing and presentation platform now has image drag-and-drop from desktop functionality.
The feature reportedly works with the latest versions of Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari, while Google says it plans to also support other browsers soon.
Image drag-and-drop works exactly as you would expect, users click and drag a file stored on their computer to an open document in Google Docs, the file is uploaded and added to the document in real-time for other users to see.
Whilst Google Apps competitors support drag-and-drop for some of its apps, drag-and-dropping images into Zoho Docs merely inserts an image stored on your computer locally rather than uploading it to Zoho.
We have tested the new feature with our internal Google Apps account and found no issues with the feature. Dropping photos as large as 1MB worked seamlessly with very little delay using both the latest version of Chrome and Safari 5.0.2.
As HTML5 usage is increased we expect many more features such as image drag-and-drop to become available. Paving the way for Google’s ultimate objective of drawing users away from Microsoft’s Office
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