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perfecto1 · 10-07-2008, 11:02 AM

Google....what will they think of next?
If only we could apply this to human interactions right at closing time of the bar.

Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Stop sending mail you later regret

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New in Labs: Stop sending mail you later regret
Monday, October 06, 2008 6:25 PM
Posted by Jon Perlow, Gmail engineer

Sometimes I send messages I shouldn't send. Like the time I told that girl I had a crush on her over text message. Or the time I sent that late night email to my ex-girlfriend that we should get back together. Gmail can't always prevent you from sending messages you might later regret, but today we're launching a new Labs feature I wrote called Mail Goggles which may help.

When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you're really sure you want to send that late night Friday email. And what better way to check than by making you solve a few simple math problems after you click send to verify you're in the right state of mind?

By default, Mail Goggles is only active late night on the weekend as that is the time you're most likely to need it. Once enabled, you can adjust when it's active in the General settings.

Hopefully Mail Goggles will prevent many of you out there from sending messages you wish you hadn't. Like that late night memo -- I mean mission statement -- to the entire firm

Jinn · 10-07-2008, 11:47 AM

Ahaah that's awesome..

The Faba · 10-07-2008, 12:01 PM

It's brilliant!

StellaLuna · 10-07-2008, 12:23 PM

I had to check and make sure it wasn't April 1.

Jozrael · 10-07-2008, 12:31 PM

Firefox had a great list of features including this:

"5 New Firefox Features That You Probably Didn't Know About" by Jason Michaels on CollegeHumor

little_tippler · 10-07-2008, 02:12 PM

This sounds like a useful tool for me.

I have done the SMS thing...ugh.

dlish · 10-07-2008, 08:02 PM

LT and stella..but would you give your left nut to give em back? i doubt so

Charlatan · 10-08-2008, 04:30 PM

I saw this earlier and thought it was pure genius... if only TFP had something similar to keep me from posting while drunk.

skizziks · 10-08-2008, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Charlatan

I saw this earlier and thought it was pure genius... if only TFP had something similar to keep me from posting while drunk.

Perhaps you need one of those breathalyzers at your computer, like they have in cars of DWI people. If your BAC is too high, your computer doesn't start.

FallenAvatar · 10-09-2008, 10:46 PM

Interesting to say the least, not sure if I'd use it... but interesting.

10-07-2008, 11:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	Ahaah that's awesome.. __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel

10-07-2008, 12:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
StellaLuna Psycho Location: hiding behind wings	I had to check and make sure it wasn't April 1. __________________ Screw tradition!

10-07-2008, 02:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
little_tippler Leaning against the -Sun- Super Moderator Location: on the other side	This sounds like a useful tool for me. I have done the SMS thing...ugh. __________________ Whether we write or speak or do but look We are ever unapparent. What we are Cannot be transfused into word or book. Our soul from us is infinitely far. However much we give our thoughts the will To be our soul and gesture it abroad, Our hearts are incommunicable still. In what we show ourselves we are ignored. The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged By any skill of thought or trick of seeming. Unto our very selves we are abridged When we would utter to our thought our being. We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams, And each to each other dreams of others' dreams. Fernando Pessoa, 1918

10-07-2008, 08:02 PM	#7 (permalink)
dlish Currently sour but formerly Dlishs Super Moderator Location: Australia/UAE	LT and stella..but would you give your left nut to give em back? i doubt so __________________ An injustice anywhere, is an injustice everywhere I always sign my facebook comments with ()()===========(}. Does that make me gay? - Filthy

10-08-2008, 04:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	I saw this earlier and thought it was pure genius... if only TFP had something similar to keep me from posting while drunk. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

10-07-2008, 12:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
The Faba Crazy	It's brilliant!

10-07-2008, 12:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
Jozrael Junkie	Firefox had a great list of features including this: "5 New Firefox Features That You Probably Didn't Know About" by Jason Michaels on CollegeHumor

10-09-2008, 10:46 PM	#10 (permalink)
FallenAvatar Psycho	Interesting to say the least, not sure if I'd use it... but interesting. __________________ Fetch me the spirit, the son and the father, Tell them their pillar of faith has ascended.