Friday, March 20, 2009

E-mail Undo Feature

This is huge! Those wizards at Google have developed an "undo" feature for Google Mail. Compose a message, hit send, and you have five seconds to click the undo button. If you take no action, the message goes on its way.

I have noticed a similar feature in LinkedIn comment postings. After you compose and send a comment, you have a short period of time to edit it. After the waiting period, your comment is posted and sent out to the community.

I have been a big fan of Google Mail since I switched a couple years ago. Like many, I have several e-mail addresses. Most, but not all, are automatically routed from the original server straight over to Google. It's like magic.

This new undo feature is great. I predict it will become standard in all but the most simple e-mail systems.

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