Patent ID: 8185591

Claim:
A method of displaying attachments associated with an electronic message, comprising: at a client computer having one or more processors and memory: in response to a single user selection of a link to an electronic message: fetching from a document storage system an electronic message and attachment information associated with at least two attachments of the electronic message, the attachment information including a plurality of images and a plurality of links; and simultaneously displaying, in an instance of a client application: the electronic message and the attachment information, wherein: the at least two attachments include a first attachment and a second attachment; and the attachment information is displayed as a multi-row table including a first row and a second row that are simultaneously displayed in response to the single user selection of the link to the electronic message, wherein: the first row includes a first image representing the first attachment, a first download link for the first attachment and a first view link for the first attachment; and the second row includes a second image representing the second attachment, a second download link for the second attachment and a second view link for the second attachment; wherein: when a respective view link associated with a respective attachment is selected by the user, a representation of the respective attachment is displayed at the client computer, when a respective download link associated with a respective attachment is selected by the user, the respective attachment is downloaded to a location on the client computer, the first image is a thumbnail image corresponding to at least a predefined portion of the first attachment, and the second image is a thumbnail image corresponding to at least a predefined portion of the second attachment.