Email users since its conception have had moments of despair because of regret after sending a mail. Often, caught in anger and madness, or perhaps heavily drunk all of us have at one time sent a mail that we desperately wished we could under a while later. Some unlucky few have even lost jobs and chances at love because of the wrong mail being sent.

Google mail users have a lot of great things to say about it and this latest news will have them heaving a sigh of relief. Just some time ago Google announced a new feature, Mail Goggles, which would make users solve a riddle or mathematical equation before sending the mail, giving users time to calm down from anger or stopping them from mailing while intoxicated. Quite similar but even better, the new feature is ‘Undo Send’. Hit the Undo Send button within five seconds of hitting send and you will be saved the trouble that you may get into. According to Michael Legget, Google User Experience Designer, just five seconds is usually enough to notice a mistake in the mail and being prone to sending mails with mistakes, he eventually thought of the Undo Send feature.

Google Undo Send is available from Gmail Labs and would appear on the sent mail confirmation message; clicking Undo Send would take you right back to the compose page so you can edit the mail or delete it.

Via: DailyMail