Remember that time when you sent an email to an ex when you were drunk? Perhaps an email to that cute girl in the office that you've always wanted to speak to or perhaps a rant at your boss under the influence of beer?Google to the rescue! Google has announced "mail goggles". 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?
Google's idea is to prevent those embarrassing mishaps on a Friday evening after a few alcoholic beverages. Perhaps phone manufacturers could implement this too as I regularly need electronic restraint on a Friday evening from txting the wrong person at the wrong time.
View: Google's Mail Goggles
Hey kids, here is another reason for you to stupid maths.
Plus, what is stopping you using a calculator to solve the problems? Or what if you are using a mail client like Outlook/Firebird etc?
Pointless.
If you're drunk enough that sending a naughty email to your ex seems like a good idea, then this won't stop you. It'd be more effective to just pop up a large warning screen, that you have to confirm. Make it so the OK button is 'randomly' placed, with slight variations in text so you actually have to comprehend it to send the email.
This is just a stupid waste of time.
Here, I believe this is yours.
lol no chance of that some one using there brain. ooohhh the shock and horror of it
Last edited by John S. on 15 Oct 2008 - 01:55
that wouldve prevented me from writing the wrong lines at the wrong times uncountable times.
timestimestimeslineslines.
=) love it.
And I can't remember when I ever set in front of the computer when I was totally wasted... or why would I do such thing anyway
Because you were totally wasted?
if you dont want it - dont activate it. fullstop...
yea, its kinda useless... yea, it is funny and looks like an april fools joke...
but hell its there, you dont have to use it, go on.
=)
How stoopid!!
(Yes, I typed it that way purposely)
I make sure I stay away from the computer when drunk, I don't want to break it. "don't drink and shell script" I say.
I would love to have this setup on my account after 10pm on Friday / Saturday nights.
I would love to have this setup on my account after 10pm on Friday / Saturday nights.
What a kiss up.
Apple/MS/Unix/etc company that you don't like does this and you would have been all over them.
Though I like that they are thinking about this kind of stuff. What I need is texting control. Man, some texts I have sent while undeer the influence that I wish I could take back
Vista programmers could have used this before compiling
"aaw im drunk... i so want my girlfriend back, now that im drunk... alright, so ill write an email..."
*write*
*write crap*
*write more*
"alright... send... huh? maths? aw you know what, **** it. ill head to bed..."
LOL.
I did something like this to my Ex last year, we broke up almost 19 years ago.
anyhow I used facebook, (how I found her), I was under the influence of alcohol, solving a math problem while intoxicated is not much of a problem for me unless, im really drunk and then I wouldn't be near a computer.
So this Goggles is pretty useless.
So I guess the purpose of this is pretty sound, in theory.
Oh well, I guess it helps those poor bastards that can't restrain themselves and/or get over their ex's.
I wouldn't have it any other way.
teh internets = mail googles??
oh wait i misread it, its actually a G , not an O ... nevermind
It's a bit of a laugh, bloody hell, i'm going to take a wild stab in the dark, drop my bait in the water, and guess 70%+ of those serious replies were American.
Google is like a best friend, there to stop you embarrassing yourself after a night out. Just wish they could also stop you throwing up over the keyboard and having to clean up last nights kebab off the walls.
Commenting has either been disabled on this article or you are not logged in. Click here to login or register, its free!
Note: Anonymous commenting is disabled in order to keep the quality of responses to a high standard.