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Chrome now easily opens email links in Gmail, thanks to some HTML5 magic
The next time you open up Gmail in Chrome keep an eye out for the prompt above, which uses HTML5 to finally close the gap between the way Google's browser handles mailto: links and its popular email service. Our only question about the change is what took them so long? Using extensions or simply copying and pasting email addresses as Gmail blogger and software developer Michael Davidson has been doing were available workarounds, but they won't be needed any longer -- no DRM necessary. Hit the source link for more info on what it's doing and how Chrome allows site handler requests.
MisFox gives you control of helper apps
If you remember the good old days of OS 9... well, maybe they weren't all that good, but at least it was easy (via the Internet control panel) to set all your helper applications, which would launch whenever you hit a mailto: or ftp: link. Nowadays you've got to dig into Mail.app just to change your default email application, and that's just a pain in the neck. What can solve this sticky situation? MisFox can.Just revised to a Universal Binary, system preference panel-savvy, version 2-iy version 2, MisFox lets you set your default helpers and file mappings for all sorts of URLs, extensions and protocols. I've used it since way back and there's nothing handier for getting your auto-launching ducks in a row. And free? Such a deal.Update: For those who asked about setting Google Reader as the default handler for RSS feeds (as indicated in the alluring yet somewhat misleading screenshot above), see here.
Webmailer - Make Webmail your default Email
Here's a neat little tool for those of you who use a webmail service as your default email. It installs as a Preference Pane in your System Preferences and allows you to define any URL to open in your default browser when you click on a mailto link (instead of opening a new message in Mail.app). The Google Notifier will do this for you if you Gmail, but this would be handy if you use some other email service.[Via Hawk Wings]
