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Capsule, The Developer’s Code Journal

I’m very pleased today to announce the release of Capsule, the developer’s code journal. Capsule replaces the scratch document you have…

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GameTonight for Status Board

GameTonight now creates a module for Panic’s excellent Status Board iPad app. The URL is simple, add ‘/statusboard’ to any metro…

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Announcing Threads

I’ve just released an initial beta of Threads, a WordPress plugin I’ve been working on for about a year. The idea is simple: show posts…

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Default Mail Application?

April 26, 2006

This morning, when I launched it on my Windows laptop, Thunderbird asked me:

Would you like to make Thunderbird your default mail application?

It got me thinking, when is the last time I clicked on a “mailto:” link anyway?

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  1. Phil Ringnalda
    View April 25, 2006

    I sometimes accidentally click them in Bugzilla, when I intend to copy the address for someone I’m asking for patch review or CCing on another bug. Actually clicking one and sending mail? I’m sure I’ve done it. I must have, right?

  2. Ryan Christensen
    View April 25, 2006

    I was actually thinking about this the other day.. how I’ve been through several ‘default email client’ switches over the last couple years.. but it’s been *ages* since I’ve actually clicked a mailto link.

  3. will langford
    View April 26, 2006

    true stuff…i only use web based mail services.

  4. littleman09z
    View April 26, 2006

    I know this is about Windows right here but on my Mac’s I use in Path Finder, Compress and Email a lot so that is using the “defualt” mail client.

    I have never used a a mailto: before. I have always found them useless. When I do want to use one, I am not at my own computer

  5. Marshall Kirkpatrick
    View May 1, 2006

    When I’m looking at less technically savvy sites I sometimes feel compelled to click a link that says “contact us” when looking for its geographic location. Sometimes I don’t think to just hover, I just presume that a contact page will be linked.

    It’s not too hard to make GMail your default email client.

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