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I hate mailto

Stop websites from opening your email client.

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Chrome Extensions

Whenever you click on an email link, this Chrome & Firefox extension will copy the email address on to your clipboard & block the email client from annoyingly interrupting you.

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Launch tags:

Chrome Extensions•Productivity

Launch Team

SPELLL

Maker

Instead of dealing with my constant existential dread, I decide to make yet another browser extension🕺. I even managed to pull in @iamarnob, he is the one who designed the landing page, made that snazzy thumbnail animation and demo video. Whenever I click on a Contact Us link and Apple Mail 💩 pops up in my face without a warning, the rage I feel is truly out of this world 😡. One day I decided I never want to feel that way again, so I made a browser extension that would copy the email address and block Apple Mail from popping up. Seriously, get this extension and lower your blood pressure. (not proven with medical research yet)

6yr ago

NotePlanApp

@iamarnob @iamtekeste Liked your promo video. 😂😍

6yr ago

Arnob Mukherjee

Olvy

Maker

@iamtekeste @meetchopra Thanks a lot man, we wanted it to be funny :p

6yr ago

Help.center

@iamarnob @iamtekeste Thank you for for addressing this pain.

6yr ago

The privacy policies are broken :S can you tell me more about that?

6yr ago

SPELLL

Maker

@santiaraujo whoops! It should be fine now!

6yr ago

Hybrid Chat

I work on a Mac and it opens stupid Apple mail on mailto link, which I hate. I would love if it opens Gmail with the address copied to Compose window

6yr ago

Glitch

@ricky_goswami this is built into Chrome. You can enable "handlers" in Chrome's settings and then go to Gmail, which will ask to handle mailto links.

6yr ago

Navily

@ricky_goswami @ehmorris Yeah that's a super standard feature on PC... doesn't it exist on Mac ? wth?!

6yr ago

Glitch

@ricky_goswami @fiessedouard It does exist on Mac

6yr ago

@ricky_goswami Do this: 1. Open Chrome and navigate to "Settings." 2. Click "Content settings" under "Privacy and security" (in Advanced). 3. Select "Handlers" and switch on the Ask protocol. 4. Open Gmail in Chrome and click the Protocol Handler icon. 5. Allow Gmail to open all email links And volià 🎉

6yr ago

Radar

Great stuff! Next step: sell a SaaS that allows site-owners to automagically convert their mailto links to legit contact forms.

6yr ago

SPELLL

Maker

@jeff_kao this is actually pretty cool idea. Do you mind if I steal it?

6yr ago

Radar

@iamtekeste yes, go for it. keep me updated and I'll send some upvotes your way when you launch :)

6yr ago

SPELLL

Maker

@jeff_kao Awesome! Will do.

6yr ago

@jeff_kao Why would anyone prefer a contact form over just sending an email?

6yr ago

Radar

@ehn it's a structured way of capturing data, whereas e-mail is free-form. Think analytics and engagement metrics and simpler Zapier integrations. It can also be a potentially lighter UX (click some checkboxes versus writing).

6yr ago