Firefox 3 Gmail web mail handler bug fixed

Firefox 3 Gmail web mail handler bug fixed

For all the Gmail fans who are frustrated by the absence of Gmail in Firefox3 to open their mailto links(or the inclusion of Yahoo mail there ;-) )

A new gmail url is released which accepts the mailto url directly. So Firefox 3 users can now use Gmail as their default mailto: handler .

How to do this.

1. set gecko.handlerService.allowRegisterFromDifferentHost to true in about:config

2. Run this in address line
javascript:window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler("mailto","http://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s","GMail")

Firefox will ask permission to add this as default mailto handler..say yes

3. Next time u click a mailto link it will ask which app to choose...choose Gmail.....you are done