If you are one of the users who is not using a desktop mail client anymore but one who relies on online mail clients such as Gmail then you might like the following tip coming directly from the official Gmail blog. It is possible, and pretty easy, to make Gmail the default Firefox 3 Mail client. The default client is the one that is loaded whenever a mailto link is clicked in Firefox 3.
To do that you need to complete the following steps. Head over to Gmail and sign in as usual. Once that is done paste the following line of Javascript code into the location bar of Firefox 3 and hit enter. This will add Gmail as one additional protocol handler for the mailto protocol:javascript:window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler("mailto","https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s","Gmail")
A line will appear on top of the screen asking if you want to add Gmail as an application for mailto links. A click on Add Application adds the handler, a click on the X button closes the request and changes nothing.
Now head over to Tools > Options > Applications in Firefox 3 and filter for the mailto protocol. Use the drop down menu on the right side to select Gmail as the default client for mailto links and make sure to hit ok to confirm the change. Congratulations, you just added Gmail as the default Firefox 3 Mail Client.
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OK, got it! Thanks!
If you’re using the Tab Mix Plus extension and have it set to open typed URLs in a new tab, disable it before following these steps. Otherwise, entering the script above will just open a new (blank) tab with no effect.
I am reading your blog for quiet a while now but this is the first time i post something here ;)
Thanks a lot for the nice and amacingly interessting blog, and special thanks for this artikle, i have been rly looking for something like that =)
after i added this to my gmail, every new email i type now gets this inserted into the body of my email:
Compose new
Inbox
Starred
Chats
Sent Mail
Drafts
All Mail
any ideas why or how to get rid of this? it sucks
okay, copy and paste this code into the URL? I do and it says “done”: in the lower left corner of Firefox. I think Vista and Firefox 3 both are getting toooooooooo GUI. Vista is reminding me of Millennium Edition so much that it sux. I want XP back, but my Toshiba would have nightmares due to my on board wifi.
Here is the other fix:
http://www.businessmarketingguru.com/news/firefox3-and-gmail-bug-fix
I paste
protocol:javascript:window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler(“mailto”,”https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s”,”Gmail”)
into the location, hit enter, and Firefox says that it can’t open this location because protocol(protocol) has no program associated with it.
Thank you, Martin! I had done the first step (copying that line into the URL bar), but not the second step (Tools>Options>Apps). It works now! Thanks again!
This is so GREAT, thanks! Now, can anyone tell me how to actually make the new email open in the current Gmail tab (using tabmixplus) instead of overwriting the tab with the link? I’ve had it work that way in the past, but it’s not now, don’t get it….
Sharon