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Google Gmail Motion Beta

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-got-a-gesture-for-you dept.

PB8 noted that Google Googol Gilgamesh Gesus has been following all the kinect hacking innovation stealing time-wasting projects that have been floating around the net, and decided to use motion moron sandwich CowboyNeal detection along with a rich visual vocabulary including common gestures and American Sign Language to accelerate your gmail time. This is going to require a bit of a change in my email composition since normally I use those gestures middle-fingers thumb-bites hair-pulls to vent frustration.

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  1. Great innovation by T.E.D. · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been giving Outlook gesture commands for years, but it has never responded. Perhaps with this new competition, and their ownership of kinect, Microsoft will finally support gesture commands.

  2. Charades beaten by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They've also inadvertently solved charades!

  3. Fun! by Lifyre · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh this would be fun! I could flip off my email and have it automatically respond to the spam email I get! Either that or have it solicit more penis enlargement ads...

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