Just about everybody has sent an email, noticed a mistake as
they hit the "send" button and wanted to call it back.
Google's Gmail now gives users a brief window to do just
that.
An "Undo Send" feature introduced in Google's email program
holds a message for five seconds before sending it.
Gmail's sent mail confirmation message now includes an "Undo"
link. Clicking on "Undo" will return a message to its draft
form.
The feature does not, however, allow a user to recall a message
that's already been sent.
"It just holds your message for five seconds so you have a
chance to hit the panic button," Google said in a post on Thursday
on the official Gmail blog announcing the new feature.
Last year, Google introduced a feature to Gmail designed to
prevent users from sending drunken emails. "Mail Goggles" forces
users to solve five simple math problems in less than a minute in
order to send a Gmail missive.