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> there are plenty of actions that are fundamentally impossible to undo, such as sending an email.

That's just a lack of imagination. Gmail and others allow undoing a misclicked send no problem. In cases it doesn't matter to the user if the action in practice doesn't happen exactly immediately, delaying it a bit while instantly providing feedback in the UI gets you the best of both worlds.




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