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Show HN: A no-code replacement for the mailto HTML attribute

5 points by ArjunYadav 5y ago

cuu508 5y ago
It would be good to have a demo on the landing page. The fact that you must sign up makes me suspicious that "no-code" does in fact involve running some code.
- ArjunYadav 5y ago
  The "Try it now, send us a test email and we'll reply back!" is the demo feature (though admittedly it is pretty slow as Zapier only runs non-instant tasks every 15 minutes on the free plan)
  - cuu508 5y ago
    Oh, I didn't realize the email provider logos are clickable. OK, when I click on a mailto link on phone, it opens a compose screen in the native gmail app. When I click on Gmail logo here, it redirects me to a Gmail sign in page in the browser. Is that working as intended?
    - ArjunYadav 5y ago
      If you're on a browser, it'll open a compose page with the link's email in mail.google.com and if you're on mobile, it should open in the Gmail app if installed (After 3-ish seconds it'll fallback to the normal website) It's working for me on iOS, could you tell me if you have the Gmail app installed and what OS you're using (on mobile)?
      - cuu508 5y ago
        I have Gmail app installed and the OS is Android 12.
        ArjunYadav 5y ago
        I'll test bettermailto with an Android simulator, sorry about that!
jack335 5y ago
I am not sure I understand what I can do with that? Maybe as feedback what I understand: * I click on MY email provider (e.g. Gmail) * It redirects to my email provider * Opens a new mail for that?
- ArjunYadav 5y ago
  It's essentially a safer way to share emails. The email is hidden from the user until they can prove they're not a robot (via reCAPTCHA v3) and it provides the user more options (instead of just a default provider) E.g.: On your personal website, instead of putting a mailto link to your email (which exposes it to email harvesters and doesn't give any choice to which provider the visitor might want to use), you can put a bettermailto link instead. This gives your visitors choice and gives you security.
  - ArjunYadav 5y ago
    As an example, here's my bettermailto link: https://www.bettermailto.com/user/620278e0561f820009d840d2 https://www.bettermailto.com/user/620278e0561f820009d840d2
thescribbblr 5y ago
Nice idea.

5 points by ArjunYadav 5y ago

It would be good to have a demo on the landing page. The fact that you must sign up makes me suspicious that "no-code" does in fact involve running some code.

ArjunYadav 5y ago
The "Try it now, send us a test email and we'll reply back!" is the demo feature (though admittedly it is pretty slow as Zapier only runs non-instant tasks every 15 minutes on the free plan)
- cuu508 5y ago
  Oh, I didn't realize the email provider logos are clickable. OK, when I click on a mailto link on phone, it opens a compose screen in the native gmail app. When I click on Gmail logo here, it redirects me to a Gmail sign in page in the browser. Is that working as intended?
  - ArjunYadav 5y ago
    If you're on a browser, it'll open a compose page with the link's email in mail.google.com and if you're on mobile, it should open in the Gmail app if installed (After 3-ish seconds it'll fallback to the normal website) It's working for me on iOS, could you tell me if you have the Gmail app installed and what OS you're using (on mobile)?
    - cuu508 5y ago
      I have Gmail app installed and the OS is Android 12.
      - ArjunYadav 5y ago
        I'll test bettermailto with an Android simulator, sorry about that!

jack335 5y ago

I am not sure I understand what I can do with that? Maybe as feedback what I understand: * I click on MY email provider (e.g. Gmail) * It redirects to my email provider * Opens a new mail for that?

ArjunYadav 5y ago
It's essentially a safer way to share emails. The email is hidden from the user until they can prove they're not a robot (via reCAPTCHA v3) and it provides the user more options (instead of just a default provider) E.g.: On your personal website, instead of putting a mailto link to your email (which exposes it to email harvesters and doesn't give any choice to which provider the visitor might want to use), you can put a bettermailto link instead. This gives your visitors choice and gives you security.
- ArjunYadav 5y ago
  As an example, here's my bettermailto link: https://www.bettermailto.com/user/620278e0561f820009d840d2 https://www.bettermailto.com/user/620278e0561f820009d840d2

thescribbblr 5y ago

Nice idea.