Google implements its own 5 second rule
Every kid grows up learning the 5 second rule. Drop a piece of candy on the floor and you have 5 seconds to pick it up before you have to throw it away. Now, thanks to Google, adults will get to enjoy their own 5 second rule.
Google recently added a new feature to Gmail (enabled by reviewing the Google Labs tools in Gmail's settings) that allows a user to undo a sent email up to 5 seconds after clicking the Send button. So if you discover you accidentally sent that nasty-gram to your boss instead of your co-worker, you now have 5 seconds to fix your mistake.
Now if only Google could find a way for husbands to undo their words the next time they look at their wife and say, "What's up with your hair?"
2 comments for this blog post so far...
March 31, 2009 at 9:26 am
Katy
Thanks for that tip! There are so many great features in Labs. This is exactly what I need.
I suggest husbands to say, “I didn’t mean your hair, I meant someone else’s hair!” LOL
March 31, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Patric Welch
@Katy: Another favorite of mine is the Labs feature that reminds you when you mention the word attachment in an email but forget to actually attach something!
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