Google has finally added an "Insert Image" button in Gmail meaning you can embed images in email messages directly without having to use file attachments or complex copy-paste.
For some reason, the image button is not available in the default interface of Gmail but you open the settings page and manually enable the "Insert Images" gadget. You can either upload new images from the hard drive or embed images that already exists on other websites.
The latter may come handy for getting read receipts in Gmail but the trick will only work if the recipient has enabled "always display images" for your specific email address.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/email/add-inline-images-in-gmail/8152/
Reader Comments
Is it “insert images” in web clip section. Please enlighten.
Written by Manuj Darshan on 04.10.09
This has to enabled from Settings->Gmail Labs->Inserting images.
Please mention correctly rather than saying its a gadget, its not its a google labs feature.
Written by Prashant on 04.10.09
That is cool option. Did you notice the indian regional language button in the same bar, we can do hindi, kannada, malayalam, tamil and telugu?
Written by smartwork on 04.13.09