Oops! Google Gmail Can Save You From Yourself

If you’ve ever hit the send button after writing an e-mail while under the influence only to feel that instant pit in your stomach called regret, thereupon a new Google feature may be just what you need.

The World Wide Web search giant has added a feature to Gmail called Mail Goggles, which allows users to take a closer look at an e-mail while preventing the sending of messages to significant others, friends and bosses in the late hours

of the night. The feature is only available at night and on the weekend, according to the Official Gmail Blog.

Jon Perlow, a Gmail engineer who wrote the cipher for Goggles, said he developed the feature after his own poor experiences in sending e-mail and text messages in the wee hours of the night.

“Sometimes I send messages I shouldn’t send like the date I told that girl I had a […]

Orginal post by dhiram

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Netvouz
  • DZone
  • ThisNext
  • MisterWong
  • Wists
Related Articles
  • What Gmail feature do you want the most?
  • Google Extends Calendar and Docs To Gmail
  • Google Offers SLA for Premier Apps
  • Top 5 greasemonkey scripts to pimp your new Gmail 2.0
  • Microsoft Listed As ‘Escort Service’ On Google Maps
  • Two Features that prepare Gmail a Killer App
  • Gmail Outage Raises Doubts About Cloud Computing
  • GMail on iPhone gets IMAP upgrade with firmware 1.1.3
  • Gmail in your words
  • T-Mobile’s G1 Is Google-Centered, Ignores Video
  • No comments yet. Be the first.

    Leave a reply