Gmail Goggles
October 10, 2008 by Colleen Coplick
Filed under Drinks
This has been floating about the interwebs for a while now, but it’s just too amusing to keep to myself. Google Labs has launched Mail Goggles.
We all send messages we shouldn’t send. We’ve all emailed an ex or told someone we liked them more than just a friend…. Gmail can’t always prevent you from sending messages you might later regret, but they CAN help you a little bit.
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.
