[calydon]

I think the consensus is this isn't really a new feature (around since at least 06/2010), just extended to include files in any folder, not just the 'public' folder.

[rkudeshi]

Well, I don't think they ever allowed you to link publicly to an entire folder, so that's pretty new.

[dybber]

You have been able to do it in a couple of months by using http://views.fm

[kayoone]

its more than that since its building nice galleries out of your content (like the previous photo galleries). But they had it in beta for quite a while!