mail to for gmail business apps
Thank you for your attention to this request in advance. I would like our gmail apps client to open 'compose mail' when an email address is clicked. In Applications I should be able to choose or there should be a script to load this feature. The Add-Ons do not work, I tried them all for loading certain email clients but they only service yahoo, hotmail and gmail. I also tried 'about: config' and the script to start the application is denied (searched forums). We like Firefox in our firm, mostly everyone uses it. If I cannot have emails link to the business gmail then I will have to force everyone to use chrome. They have a plugin that auto starts a chrome gmail business app email (of course - its google).
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You will want to look over https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Web-based_protocol_handlers
Wow that was easy! Thank you for your help. It worked really well. Simply create an .html page with the web handler protocol and firefox recognizes and does the rest.
It would be great if the function opened a new tab or window instead of the _parent page. Any ideas on how to make this work? As the Syntax includes only protocol, uri, and title. Can it be triggered in the URL? Thanks again.
"It would be great if the function opened a new tab or window instead of the _parent page. Any ideas on how to make this work?"
I can't answer that, but the short term workaround would be to remind users about holding Shift or Ctrl when clicking a link to redirect it to a new window or new tab, respectively.
Great - Shift + Click opens an entire new Compose window instead of within the parent page. Thank you!
Kudos to jscher2000 - he solved it also! Thx
I am running version 3.5 and have tried both Ctrl and, adn various other combinations but Firefox still open in the same window.
Also like to add the email link opens gmail to send the page I have just visited to third party
Any help?
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