Re: qq on mailto links

Hi,
    Most web/browser based email clients handle "mailto:" as expected. Yes,
often the behavior on web pages might be annoying.
I like how Craiglist handles it i.e. with expand-collapse reply button
which gives you options to use "mailto:" link or links to open using one of
the popular email services.


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Thank you,
Ashraf




On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 7:51 AM Louise Lister <Louise.Lister@iop.org> wrote:

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> Hello,
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> I hope you are all having a good day.
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> We are currently in the process of improving our hyperlinks across the
> website and wondered what the deal was with mailto: links. For links that
> open in a new window, we will signpost that the link ‘opens in a new
> window’, but what happens with email because if they use Outlook, it will
> open in their default email client, and if they use a browser-based email
> client set up then it will open in a new window ( but it’s not one size
> fits all).
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> Is it best in this case to have some hidden text that says, “send email”,
> or, “opens in new browser or application”? Does anyone have examples of how
> they have handled it? These links don’t merit being replaced by forms, so I
> am left with mailto abc@123.com style links instead.
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> Or is it obvious that as email it will do what it does and doesn’t need
> signposting?
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> I tried looking on WebAIM but had no joy.
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> Thank you!
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> Louise
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