I’ve used Google Apps to handle email on both my cell phone accessory site and my development site for at least the last 3 years. It’s always bothered me that there wasn’t a simple way to set the default handling for clicking on a mailto link to my google apps email instead of Gmail which is the default after installing the Google toolbar which by the way I would also recommend installing if you don’t already have it. I believe that the Thunderbird email client is the default is you don’t have the Google toolbar. I could be wrong though and it’s really not that important. Well anyway after years of being lazy I’ve finally went to the trouble of setting up my google apps domain to be the default mailto link handler. I though I would share with the world the necessary steps to accomplish this lofty goal.
Make sure your browser is up to date.
So hear it goes first off these instructions are for version 3.5 I’m actually using version 3.5.7 by the time you are reading this these instructions might be outdated. If you are using a previous version of Firefox upgrade it. There’s a reason why the browser was updated. There could have been a bug or security vulnerability. It’s important to keep your browser updated. If your not sure what version you are using open your browser and got to Help > Check For Updates. If there is an update available update your browser.
Is it updated?
Advanced configuration options page.
Keep these instructions open and either open a new window or a new tab and type about:config into the address bar of the new tab/window that you’ve just opened and then hit enter. You should get a warning message telling you to be careful click on the “I’ll be careful, I promise!” button. this should take you to a big list of configuration variables. Be careful in here you could screw up your browser so don’t mess with anything other than what I’m about to tell you.
let's config this bitch
Let’s edit the configuration variables. Your going to need to edit the following 3 configuration variables and set each one to true.
Changing the variables value is as simple as double clicking on it’s name.
set those variables
Copy and Replace
Your going to copy and paste this code into your address bar and then replace Example.com in the two(2) places it appears, (#1)once in the URL and (#2)once is the string after the URL with the name of your domain that is using Google Apps email and you wish to configure. javascript:window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler("mailto","https://mail.google.com/a/Example.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s","Example.com Google Apps Email")
Replace the domain name
Run That JavaScript
One you’ve copied and edited the above mentioned code into the address bar run it by hitting enter while your cursor is in the address bar. This will bring up a notice at the top of the page that says “Add Example.com Google Apps Email(mail.google.com) as an application for mailto links?” where Example.com will be the domain name that you entered in step #4. Click on the button on the right side of this message that says “Add Application”
I really do want it
Now That it’s added make it the default.(optional*)
In the FireFox menu go to Tools > Opptions > Applications > then scroll down to mailto on the right side of the mailto label there should be a dropdown select the entry that we’ve just created in steps #5 and #6
Set it to default
*If you don’t want your new google apps entry to be the default skip step six and select always ask instead.
If you have multiple google apps accounts like I do just repeat steps # 4 and #5 for each domain that you would like to handle mailto links.
If you have any questions of comments about this tutorial be sure to let me know in the comments section.
Thanks to Steve Novoselac at StevieNova.com he originally wrote these instructions for FireFox 3 (or at least that’s where I found them) I’ve just updated and embellished them for version 3.5.
Finally some proof that men are superior to the lesser gender. Scientists at Cambridge and MIT have finally been able to prove that the Y chromosome which only men poses mutates at a much higher rate than the X. Their study also demonstrates that female primates are slutty cock monsters.
I bought this shat game over the Christmas brake for around $10 and even at that low price I wish I had my money back. It’s no fun. It may be “innovative” but it’s a complete bore fest. If I had done my research I would have realized that it was and EA game and I would have saved some cash. Fuck you EA! I swore off your games once you fucked up the “Command and Concur” franchise. I have had nothing but disdain for Every EA game I’ve ever had the misfortune of playing.
Chris Matthews was discussing the Monkey Boy’s comments that Democrats would appease our enemies Yesterday on Hardball . His right wing talking head guest Kevin James ends up looking like a complete fool.
Check out the video.
If you don’t know what you are talking about please just shut the fuck up.
Why is that when a huge company buys a smaller brand the first thing they do is fuck it up? Unilever has a bit of history doing this first the bought Ben & Jerry’s then they changed all of the ingredient that made it good. Now they’ve gone and fucked up my favorite Vanilla ice cream. Byers “All natural” Vanilla The ingredients used to be Milk, Vanilla and sugar. Now they’ve added corn syrup, whey, tara gum and they’ve replaced the Vanilla with natural flavors. Corn syrup and tara gum may be natural but so are uranium and lead, that doesn’t mean I want them in my Ice cream. In addition it’s now in a slightly smaller package. Fuck you Unilever I used to buy both Ben & Jerry’s and Byers ice cream because of the quality. Now that it’s just as shitty as the store brand I have no reason to pay a premium.
I thought that I would start posting some of the code that I work on in the hopes that it may help some one else. So here’s the first code post.
I often have to create simple reports that need to be emailed. My solution is to create a simple console application for each report that I schedule to run with task scheduler. This C# method takes a DataView as a parameter and returns a string with the HTML for a table containing all of the data in the the Data View.
Ever since the first time I heard this crazy bitches voice I’ve known that I couldn’t stand her. I have a hard time trying to figure out why or how she’s managed to stay on the air. Her consistently ignorant and asinine commentary could actually be funny if it were not for that voice. It’s like like two gay tom cats fucking while sliding down a chalk board and simultaneously shitting razor blades. It’s not just her voice though it’s also her condescending mannerisms and facial expressions. If any one were to ever talk to me in the manner in witch she treats the people unfortunate enough to appear on her show I would punch them it the fucking throat.
If you need any more reason to hate the ugly cunt she’s also a lawyer. Here’s some more info on some of the lame shit she’s pulled while she was a prosecutor.
It’s actually hard for me to believe some one hasn’t shoved her out a window or tied her to the back of a pick up truck yet.
What complete and utter bullshit. Thomas Beatie is not a Pregnant man. Let’s try to be a little bit honest. She is an ugly chick that had her tits chopped off and is taking testosterone injections. she is a female transvestite , not a man. I wonder what affect all of the fucked up synthetic hormones that she is injecting will have on the little mutant that is in her belly. When I first heard about this I thought that maybe it was some freak of nature hermaphrodite that didn’t realize that he had ovaries and some how got knocked up. I was really disappointed to find out it was just some dumb cunt playing dress up.
There’s no chance in hell that I’m going to vote for him, but if you have a chance take a look at his bio . The dude should have been killed a few times. He’s been a navy pilot, was nearly blown up in a fire that killed 134 other people, shot down over Vietnam and then tortured for six years in a P.O.W. camp. He may be old but I wouldn’t want to get in a fight with him. He would probably gouge my eyes out with his dentures.
I’ve read this week that he’s turned down secret service protection. He doesn’t need it the man can’t be killed he’s the fucking Terminator.
We should withdraw the troops from Iraq and send John McCain armed with just spoon and he’d have the shit straitened out within a week.
Let me know? I’m starting to wonder.
Why is that when a huge company buys a smaller brand the first thing they do is fuck it up? 
Ever since the first time I heard this crazy bitches voice I’ve known that I couldn’t stand her. I have a hard time trying to figure out why or how she’s managed to stay on the air. Her consistently ignorant and asinine commentary could actually be funny if it were not for that voice. It’s like like two gay tom cats fucking while sliding down a chalk board and simultaneously shitting razor blades. It’s not just her voice though it’s also her condescending mannerisms and facial expressions. If any one were to ever talk to me in the manner in witch she treats the people unfortunate enough to appear on her show I would punch them it the fucking throat.
What complete and utter bullshit. Thomas Beatie is not a Pregnant man. Let’s try to be a little bit honest. She is an ugly chick that had her tits chopped off and is taking testosterone injections. she is a female 
There’s no chance in hell that I’m going to vote for him, but if you have a chance take a look at his