Too much alcohol in your system? Gmail Goggles saves the day
Posted by Manuela Barreto @ October 9th, 2008 in Google Applications
Have you ever regretted an email you wrote when you were wicked drunk? Then Gmail’s Goggles is the thing for you!
The new Gmail lab applet helps you test whether you are sober when you are trying to send an email, by giving you simple math problems. Look here:
By default it works on Friday and Saturday night between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. but you can turn it on at any time of day. If the party people are not able to solve the math additions and multiplications with one digit number (or even three digits, depending on the level of difficulty selected), the email will not be sent.
Get some sleep and write again in the morning – hopefully with a clear mind.
Gmail offers solutions for workaholics as well. The applet called Email Addict tries to save those users who are close to be driven crazy by the long hours spent writing emails. When you enable it a link appears in the upper right corner of your explorer. You just need to click on it and it blocks your screen for 15 minutes and suggests you to “take a break, get some real work done, or have a snack”.
Gmail Googles and Email Addict together with other 11 experimental features were built in order to improve email user experience and provide its users with the best content possible. After trying these new functions you can send feedback to Gmail, explaining how the new applications saved your life.
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Comments
Richard
October 10th, 2008
Nice tool. I could understand the reasons behind it. In any case I’m still of the idea that my Pc should do what I like it to do and not try to stop me or advice me or ask for a confirmation 2 times…
Peter
October 10th, 2008
Freaky
Flüge
December 8th, 2008
OMG- Thats definitely one of the feeble-minded prog´s i´ve ever seen bevore… It´s a joke?
Elite Proxies
May 21st, 2009
I don’t normally post, but this reminded me of the news with Craigslist’s CEO demanding for an apology from the South Carolina attorney general. Always something different with CL and things in the news.
Thomas , Zauberer Zauberkünstler
May 31st, 2009
Hi there,
I found great ideas and discussing on your Web site.
Well done ! Thanks for that and keep on doing
Greetings from germany , Thomas
Gummistiefel
July 17th, 2009
As I similarly commented on ReadWriteWeb about this tool, where’s the value in proofing a sent email at 3 a.m. when the recipient may be at her office on the other side of the world?
Moreover, there is an assumption built-in that everyone works the first or second shift. What about those who work the third shift and routinely send emails when everyone else is asleep in a given time zone?