Just as friends don’t let friends date through beer goggles, Google doesn’t want you emailing through them either. To further this end, Google is introducing Mail Goggles, to prevent drunken emailers from regretting what they write in the morning.
Jon Perlow, Gmail engineer writes on the official Gmail Blog about his introduction of Mail Goggles to prevent you sending a message you might later regret.
Perlow’s inspiration for the helpful feature comes from personal experience: telling a girl he had a crush on her via text message and telling an ex-girlfriend that they should get back together.
Mail Goggles requires the sender to solve some simple math problems as a sobriety test to see whether or not you are sober enough to click send. By default, the feature is active late on weekend evenings, the time most are most likely to need the service. You can reset the settings to help them accommodate your needs.
To set up Mail Goggles, go to the Gmail Settings Menu and select “Labs.”
Mail Goggles won’t prevent you from drunk dialing; but it might save you some embarrassment from an especially debauchery-filled night. Seems like it might be an especially good feature for the college crowd.
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