I must admit that I have been particularly happy about some of the new features coming out of Google Labs recently.  Last week it was the Mail Goggles, and this week it’s the equally brilliant Canned Responses, or “email for the truly lazy”.

“If you’re sick of typing out the same reply every time someone emails you with a common question, now you can compose your reply once and save the message text with the “Canned responses” button.  Later, you can open that same message and send it again and again.”

And with the help of Gmail’s pre-existing filters which can sort through your messages using a combination of keywords and sender/recipient info, you can set up automated messages for different keywords, which means you can finally spend the rest of your work day doing more important tasks…like playing solitaire.

via GmailBlog

If you have a bad habit getting drunk and sending inappropriate emails to your ex girlfriends/co-workers/random people who’s business card you found in your wallet…then this new feature from Google Labs, titled Mail Google, might just help you salvage whats left of your social reputation.

As if doing math while sober wasn’t hard enough, Mail Google forces you to successfully complete a series of math equations before allowing you to send that email expressing your undying affection for your co-worker.

Its creators explain:

When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you’re really sure you want to send that late night Friday email. And what better way to check than by making you solve a few simple math problems after you click send to verify you’re in the right state of mind?

By default, Mail Goggles is only active late night on the weekend as that is the time you’re most likely to need it. Once enabled, you can adjust when it’s active in the General settings.

Now if only someone could could replicate the program to work with text messaging.

Gmail Blog via Neatorama