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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailto#URI_scheme_.27mailto.27
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The URI scheme, as registered with the IANA and notably used in the HyperText Transfer Protocol, defines the mailto: scheme for SMTP email addresses. Though its use is not strictly defined, URLs of this form are intended to be used to open the new message window of the user's mail client when the URL is activated, with the address as defined by the URL in the "To:" field.
You know how people's e-mails are often located in a link which automatically opens an e-mail addressed to them in your default e-mail client? Well, I've never used an e-mail client that wasn't web-based in my entire life.
This isn't a big deal since you can always right-click the link, select properties, and then copy/paste only the actual e-mail address into your preferred e-mail service. The problem is, these mailto links often catch you off guard. You realize half a second after you click that you just signed yourself up to a ten second wait for whatever program your OS uses by default to open up. Then you habitually hit the 'X' fifteen times because you are frustrated and in a rush to send that damned e-mail already, but it doesn't go through because you have to respond to the message box about whether or not you want to save your e-mail -_-
So... what percentage of you actually utilize mailto: links the way they are intended to?
Poll: Do you use Mailto
(Vote): I click on the link and send e-mails from my default mail client.
(Vote): I have the same problem as you.
(Vote): I haven't noticed this or never get into this predicament.
(Vote): Other: explain below
This has pissed me off disproportionately for like ten years now ._.
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