The ability to assign protocol handlers programs that'll accept links from dif¬ferent protocols like ftp, mailto and so on-isn't new, but thanks to Google's love for Firefox, you can now assign GmaiI as the default e-mail handler for mailto: links. Open GmaiI in a new tab .

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In this same tab, enter this JavaScript snippet: j avascript: window. navi¬gator.registerProtocolHandler ("mailto","/mail/?exts~c=mailto&url =% s" , " Gma'i,l ") . You'll see a warning bar at the top of the page, asking you whether you want to add GmaiI as the default mailto handler. Select Add Application, and you're done