So it is a restriction of utility from the old "Insert Picture". A pity, it is successful in making inserting pictures more difficult, but I guess the purpose of this reduction of the service is to force Gmail users to store their pictures in Google Photos.
On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Jeff Grossman <[email protected]> wrote: > The photos from your phone, now one click > away<http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGmailBlog/~3/gIdArksek4I/the-photos-from-your-phone-now-one.html> > Apr 15th 2014, 11:43, by The Gmail > Team<http://www.blogger.com/profile/10103598893707869193> > > Posted by Thijs van As, Product Manager > > Unless you’re a budding Ansel > Adams<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Adams>, > odds are you take most of your photos using your phone. And whether it’s > photos of your hiking trip or a night out, sending photos to friends and > family just got easier. Starting today, you can save time and insert your Auto > Backup <https://support.google.com/plus/answer/1647509> photos from your > phone into Gmail messages on the web using the new *Insert Photo* button. > > When you click the button, you'll instantly access all the photos that are > backed up from your mobile devices, starting with the most recent. > > <http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ln41ggu-_8M/U0wNzlGHJoI/AAAAAAAABR8/OIhPpAIrtr4/s1600/Gmail1.png> > <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UdnW8Kf9pxA/U0wO5_wzc-I/AAAAAAAABSI/Eu3eY2HD92c/s1600/Gmail2.png>If > you upload and organize your photos into albums on Google > Photos <https://photos.google.com/>, you can also share entire albums. > Plus, you can now resize images while composing messages by dragging on any > corner to make your snapshot picture perfect. > <http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Cz_aJ9eh5rw/U0wNdaEU9qI/AAAAAAAABR0/tAIpJxqe6qc/s1600/Gmail2.png>These > new features will be rolling out today in Gmail on the web. If you > haven’t already, turn on Auto > Backup<https://support.google.com/plus/answer/1647509> so > you can easily include photos from your latest adventures in emails to > family and friends. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
