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clicking an address link no longer goes to "compose" on gmail, just gmail home page

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with the newest version of firefox, i can no longer click on email links and get directly to "compose" on gmail, despite gmail set as default browser, both within firefox and gmail notifier...

with the newest version of firefox, i can no longer click on email links and get directly to "compose" on gmail, despite gmail set as default browser, both within firefox and gmail notifier...

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-At the top of the Firefox windowOn the menu bar, click on the Tools Firefox Edit menu, and select Options...Preferences....

Select the Applications panel.
Search for the Content-type: mailto and select it.
Click on the Actions column in the mailto row, to change the action.
         o Always ask will prompt you each time you use a mail function for which program or service to use.
         o Use <Program> (default) will automatically launch your operating system's e-mail program (e.g. Thunderbird, Outlook, Entourage, Evolution) to its message composition window. For instructions on how to change your operating system's default e-mail program, see the next section of this article.
         o Use <Webmail> will open your webmail service's (e.g. Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, Hotmail) message composition page inside Firefox. For more information about using webmail services, see the Using webmail services section of this article.
         o Use other... will let you specify an external program for Firefox to launch.
         o Application Details... will let you view information about or remove the webmail services that Firefox can use. 
 - Click OK to close the Options window
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Changing+the+e-mail+program+used+by+Firefox?s=Set+Email&as=s