Undo send

[pne]

Today was the first time I've used GMail's feature to undo the sending of a message.

I used to think that feature was silly, but today I found it handy; I found that I had chosen the wrong From: address from the drop-down, but didn't notice that until I had already sent the message. So I clicked on the link in the success message: "Message send [Undo] [View message]" and got dropped back into the editor, where I could correct the sender and re-send. Phew!

(If you want to try out the feature, you have to enable the Google Labs "Undo Send" feature by Yuzo F. The undo link only appears for a few seconds before the email is sent out for good, but often, those seconds are all you need!)

Comments

[cesy]

I've found it very useful - those few seconds are just enough to spot silly mistakes, without detracting from the general immediacy of Gmail.

[chasy]

oh my gosh!! i did not know about that! how incredibly handy! i can't wait to try it! um...here's a sentence that doesn't require an exclamation point because i feel badly.

[chasy]

wow! they've added LOTS of nifty things to labs! i hadn't looked in a while. >_>