By Jack Riley
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
Google webmail service Gmail has announced that it is introducing a new feature to help users prevent themselves from sending inappropriate emails when drunk.
Once activated, "Mail Goggles", as the service is known, prompts users to answer a series of mathematical questions before they are able to send an email, and is set by default to operate late at night during the weekend. Images released of the service show an adjustable difficulty scale to control how taxing the sums are.
Gmail engineer Jon Perlow, who worked on the project, explained his inspiration for "Mail Goggles" on the official Gmail blog: "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."
"Hopefully", Perlow writes, "Mail Goggles will prevent many of you out there from sending messages you wish you hadn't."
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Tuesday, 7 October 2008
Google webmail service Gmail has announced that it is introducing a new feature to help users prevent themselves from sending inappropriate emails when drunk.
Once activated, "Mail Goggles", as the service is known, prompts users to answer a series of mathematical questions before they are able to send an email, and is set by default to operate late at night during the weekend. Images released of the service show an adjustable difficulty scale to control how taxing the sums are.
Gmail engineer Jon Perlow, who worked on the project, explained his inspiration for "Mail Goggles" on the official Gmail blog: "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."
"Hopefully", Perlow writes, "Mail Goggles will prevent many of you out there from sending messages you wish you hadn't."
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