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The reason nobody uses this is that it's solving a non-problem. You can email links to friends just as easily by double clicking on your address bar, copy, go

by csense 13y ago

The reason nobody uses this is that it's solving a non-problem. You can email links to friends just as easily by double clicking on your address bar, copy, go to email, paste. No third-party browserware required.

StavrosK 13y ago
Sure, you're omitting around 6 or 7 steps, but that's the gist, yes.
- revelation 13y ago
  Well no, these are exactly the steps. Or one click on the bazillion of "sharing" widgets taking up pixels everywhere.
  - StavrosK 13y ago
    No, the steps are: * Click-drag on the address bar and hope you get everything, or double-click if you know what it does. * Right-click, making sure it's on the selection or you'll have to do it again. * Click copy. * Click "new tab". * Enter your webmail's address, press enter. * Maybe log in. * Click compose message. * Type a few characters of the person's name or email. * Select the correct recipient. * Maybe type a bit of a subject. * Right click the composition area. * Press paste. * Press send. * Press "yes" to the "no subject" warning if you have no subject. * Click to close the window. YourPane: * Click the bookmarklet. * Click the recipient(s). * Click send. * Close the window.
    - elithrar 13y ago
      You really seem to be conflating the problem. There's also plenty of extensions (that can hook into webmail) for this too: e.g. the Send from Gmail extension[1]. [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/send-from-gmail-by-google/pgphcomnlaojlmmcjmiddhdapjpbgeoc?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/send-from-gmail-by...
    - ok_craig 13y ago
      * ctrl+l * ctrl+c * ctrl+1 (gmail tab) * c (compose) * type recipients * tab, tab to compose * ctrl+v * ctrl+enter (send) 8 steps, but I'd argue keys are at least twice as fast as clicks.
- elithrar 13y ago
  > Sure, you're omitting around 6 or 7 steps, but that's the gist, yes. On a Mac, Cmd+Shift+I will open a new Mail.app compose window with the URL in the body and the page title as the subject. With auto-completion for addresses, it's another step (and a half) to fill in an address and then hit Cmd+Shift+D to send.

by csense 13y ago

StavrosK 13y ago

Sure, you're omitting around 6 or 7 steps, but that's the gist, yes.

revelation 13y ago
Well no, these are exactly the steps. Or one click on the bazillion of "sharing" widgets taking up pixels everywhere.
- StavrosK 13y ago
  No, the steps are: * Click-drag on the address bar and hope you get everything, or double-click if you know what it does. * Right-click, making sure it's on the selection or you'll have to do it again. * Click copy. * Click "new tab". * Enter your webmail's address, press enter. * Maybe log in. * Click compose message. * Type a few characters of the person's name or email. * Select the correct recipient. * Maybe type a bit of a subject. * Right click the composition area. * Press paste. * Press send. * Press "yes" to the "no subject" warning if you have no subject. * Click to close the window. YourPane: * Click the bookmarklet. * Click the recipient(s). * Click send. * Close the window.
  - elithrar 13y ago
    You really seem to be conflating the problem. There's also plenty of extensions (that can hook into webmail) for this too: e.g. the Send from Gmail extension[1]. [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/send-from-gmail-by-google/pgphcomnlaojlmmcjmiddhdapjpbgeoc?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/send-from-gmail-by...
  - ok_craig 13y ago
    * ctrl+l * ctrl+c * ctrl+1 (gmail tab) * c (compose) * type recipients * tab, tab to compose * ctrl+v * ctrl+enter (send) 8 steps, but I'd argue keys are at least twice as fast as clicks.
elithrar 13y ago
> Sure, you're omitting around 6 or 7 steps, but that's the gist, yes. On a Mac, Cmd+Shift+I will open a new Mail.app compose window with the URL in the body and the page title as the subject. With auto-completion for addresses, it's another step (and a half) to fill in an address and then hit Cmd+Shift+D to send.