tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523041.post660995784950208979..comments2024-02-08T00:38:57.594-05:00Comments on Talmud תלמוד by Tzvee Zahavy: Gmail Introduces Custom Time EmailTzvee Zahavyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15833902273722124103noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523041.post-54422211463155620712008-04-01T23:29:00.000-04:002008-04-01T23:29:00.000-04:00April Fool, Rabbi.Gmail's sign-in page announced a...April Fool, Rabbi.<BR/><BR/>Gmail's sign-in page announced a new feature, called Gmail Custom Time, that would allow its users to "pre-date" their messages and choose to have the message appear as "read" or "unread". The new feature uses the slogan "Be on time. Every time."<BR/><BR/>Around 11:00 p.m. EST March 31, 2008, on the newer and older version of Gmail, but not in the basic HTML version, in the upper right corner, next to Settings, a link appeared labeled, "New! Gmail Custom Time". The link led to a 404 error until April 1,[4] [5] when it led to the full Gmail Custom Time hoax page[3]. Clicking any of the three links at the bottom of the page brought the user to a page stating that Gmail Custom time was, in fact, their April Fool's day joke.<BR/><BR/>Google wrote that the new joke feature “utilizes an e-flux capacitor to resolve issues of causality.” Fake testimonials are given by “beta users” saying things like, “I used to be an honest person; but now I don't have to be. It's just so much easier this way. I've gained a lot of productivity by not having to think about doing the 'right' thing."<BR/><BR/>the feature only allows for ten pre-dated emails per year, claiming that any more “would cause people to lose faith in the accuracy of time, thus rendering the feature useless.”John D. Enrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543557857255394818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523041.post-84170168706200883502008-04-01T13:24:00.000-04:002008-04-01T13:24:00.000-04:00http://www.google.com/virgle/index.htmlhttp://www.google.com/virgle/index.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com