I hate mailto

Stop websites from opening your email client.

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Whenever you click on an email link, this Chrome & Firefox extension will copy the email address on to your clipboard & block the email client from annoyingly interrupting you.
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Launch tags:
Chrome Extensions•Productivity
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Tekeste Kidanu
Maker
Instead of dealing with my constant existential dread, I decide to make yet another browser extension🕺. I even managed to pull in @iamarnob, he is the one who designed the landing page, made that snazzy thumbnail animation and demo video. Whenever I click on a Contact Us link and Apple Mail 💩 pops up in my face without a warning, the rage I feel is truly out of this world 😡. One day I decided I never want to feel that way again, so I made a browser extension that would copy the email address and block Apple Mail from popping up. Seriously, get this extension and lower your blood pressure. (not proven with medical research yet)
Meet Chopra
@iamarnob @iamtekeste Liked your promo video. 😂😍
Arnob Mukherjee
Maker
@iamtekeste @meetchopra Thanks a lot man, we wanted it to be funny :p
Aslam Abbas
@iamarnob @iamtekeste Thank you for for addressing this pain.
Santi Araujo
The privacy policies are broken :S can you tell me more about that?
Tekeste Kidanu
Maker
@santiaraujo whoops! It should be fine now!
ricky goswami
I work on a Mac and it opens stupid Apple mail on mailto link, which I hate. I would love if it opens Gmail with the address copied to Compose window
Edwin
@ricky_goswami this is built into Chrome. You can enable "handlers" in Chrome's settings and then go to Gmail, which will ask to handle mailto links.
Fiess Edouard
@ricky_goswami @ehmorris Yeah that's a super standard feature on PC... doesn't it exist on Mac ? wth?!
Edwin
@ricky_goswami @fiessedouard It does exist on Mac
Mike A.
@ricky_goswami Do this: 1. Open Chrome and navigate to "Settings." 2. Click "Content settings" under "Privacy and security" (in Advanced). 3. Select "Handlers" and switch on the Ask protocol. 4. Open Gmail in Chrome and click the Protocol Handler icon. 5. Allow Gmail to open all email links And volià 🎉
Jeff Kao
Great stuff! Next step: sell a SaaS that allows site-owners to automagically convert their mailto links to legit contact forms.
Tekeste Kidanu
Maker
@jeff_kao this is actually pretty cool idea. Do you mind if I steal it?
Jeff Kao
@iamtekeste yes, go for it. keep me updated and I'll send some upvotes your way when you launch :)
Tekeste Kidanu
Maker
@jeff_kao Awesome! Will do.
Andreas Ehn
@jeff_kao Why would anyone prefer a contact form over just sending an email?
Jeff Kao
@ehn it's a structured way of capturing data, whereas e-mail is free-form. Think analytics and engagement metrics and simpler Zapier integrations. It can also be a potentially lighter UX (click some checkboxes versus writing).