Re: [CR] Fast Ebay Surfing from CR List

(Example: Books)

Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:00:14 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <johndthompson@gmail.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <20100112212711.1722F435D6@ssh-linux1.ece.ubc.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20100112212711.1722F435D6@ssh-linux1.ece.ubc.ca>
Subject: Re: [CR] Fast Ebay Surfing from CR List


donald gillies wrote:
> bikelist.org only displays RAW text; it does not and currently cannot
> automatically make URLs click-able. Even if you entered the correct
> HTML tags, I don't think Alex wants to implement a mail parser in the
> display routines. I use the following magic for fast URL opening -
> NEVER CUT AND PASTE, EVER AGAIN !!
>
> A. Install the Firefox extension, "WebmailCompose". I am
> using version 0.6.5 :
>
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/206
>
> B. Select some text and right-click on it with firefox.
> WebmailCompose will not appear as an option if you DO NOT
> select any HTML text. Once the WebmailCompose menu appears,
> make this choice :
>
> WebmailCompose > Settings
>
> C. Select the WebmailServices tab and enter this information.
> I'm assuming you DONT use Hotmail or Netscape mail.
>
> Enable YahooMail : http://compose.mail.yahoo.com/?To=^T
> Enable HotMail: ^T
> Enable Netscape : http://ebay.com/<blah>
>
> D. Now close and save the settings.
>
> E. Now on bikelist.org (or on any web page):
>
> a. Select any auction number, click "Open in Netscape"
> b. Select an URL WITHOUT & arguments, click "Open in Hotmail"
>
> In both cases, the URL will open properly. Whatever text you
> selected, WebmailCompose generates an URL, and opens a new window
> using the new URL, generated from your selection. With some
> imagination, you can create more shortcuts google searches, wiktionary
> lookups, or other web queries using a piece of selected text.

In a similar vein, the "URL-Link" extension makes broken (e.g. line-wrapped) and unencoded addresses "clickable" in both Firefox (web) and Thunderbird (email) messages:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/403

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA