tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29459597.post4932085886348781684..comments2023-08-05T09:14:19.549+03:00Comments on Shane Joe Lazar's Blog: Tidbit: Using GMail as your default email clientShanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05568256890108446296noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29459597.post-64254247440434937882012-11-06T15:37:46.129+02:002012-11-06T15:37:46.129+02:00Note to self: Always remember to preview posts.
J...Note to self: Always remember to preview posts.<br /><br />Just thought I should help out with the problem with not being logged in prior to using the script.<br /><br />According to <br />http://forums.bodhilinux.com/index.php?/topic/3063-solved-chromium-mailto-link-doesnt-open-on-thunderbird-xdg-email/page__view__findpost__p__28245<br />the correct URL format for giving GMail a mailto: link is<br />https://mail.google.com/mail?extsrc=mailto&url=mailto:link_here<br /><br />This works like a snap, and I have tested it withoyt being logged in. Sweet.<br /><br />I changed you script to look like this.<br /><br />getemail () {<br /><br />export targeturl="https://mail.google.com/mail?extsrc=mailto&url=$1"<br /><br />}<br /><br />Now, my only trouble is to get xdg-open to prefer Chromium over Chrome.<br /><br />;)Frodefrodeseverinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07225986790853813207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29459597.post-13439331607618024382012-11-06T15:32:02.036+02:002012-11-06T15:32:02.036+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.frodeseverinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07225986790853813207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29459597.post-57678353580649928552010-06-11T01:49:12.250+03:002010-06-11T01:49:12.250+03:00Thanks for posting back. I tested it with Chrome j...Thanks for posting back. I tested it with Chrome just now and it opened in a new tab. I thought I had some setting enabled...<br /><br />Glad it helped you :)Shanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05568256890108446296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29459597.post-44845837999367901412010-06-11T01:45:47.605+03:002010-06-11T01:45:47.605+03:00Scratch that last post! If you have the latest ch...Scratch that last post! If you have the latest chrome (as of post time) and Fedora 13, it automatically opened another tab instead of a new browser instance. Sweet. --pghpeteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29459597.post-81657225639419537572010-06-11T01:34:37.983+03:002010-06-11T01:34:37.983+03:00This was exactly what I was looking for! Thanks! I...This was exactly what I was looking for! Thanks! I am going to see if I can figure out how to adapt it to open up a new chrome tab, instead of a separate window. If I do, I will post it here. --pghpeteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29459597.post-69541392062797204512010-01-06T11:39:35.534+02:002010-01-06T11:39:35.534+02:00That could be an option. But I use Firefox with Go...That could be an option. But I use Firefox with Google Gears installed and offline GMail enabled. <br /><br />This means I get the full 'GMail exeprience' including GTalk (with history), Labels and search available all in one place... even offline (except for chat of course). Besides, I think the GMail interface is the best email UI I have ever used - web based or local.Shanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05568256890108446296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29459597.post-43324706520360440142010-01-06T07:36:07.674+02:002010-01-06T07:36:07.674+02:00Why not just configure Thunderbird to your gmail a...Why not just configure Thunderbird to your gmail account, seems alot easier and as long as you have a internet connection your connected.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02321343536670015891noreply@blogger.com