Embedded e-mail addresses (mailto) does not work properly

azdennis · 01-17-2008, 10:14 PM

This is a problem that has cropped up suddenly and, while not major, is irritating. If I click on an embedded e-mail address (such as answering say a Craigs List ad) Gmail opens a new tab and acts like it is going to open the Compose Mail form. In the upper left corder it says "Loading..." but it never does. I can see it connecting to mail.google.com, then it says down in the lower left "Done" as if it has finished loading the page. The page simply stays blank. If I copy the e-mail address and then go to Compose Mail from GMail directly, the proper compose form appears and I can paste in the e-mail address manually and send a reply. It used to be all I had to do was click on an embedded e-mail and GMail would take me directly to the Compose Message page. No changes to my system, so I do not think that is the problem and I HAVE emptied the cache and history, hoping that would help (it did not).

IamTheKing9 · 01-19-2008, 01:59 AM

Gmail works on Ajax, so even if your browser status bar says 'done', the page is, in fact, loading.
(A bit like when you've got flash files on a web page.)
But if the page used to load easily enough earlier, I don't really see any reason it should not load now.
Maybe some of our other experts can answer your question, sorry.

[ugly_cat] · 01-19-2008, 02:13 AM

at yet.,i have not any problems..can you print screen your image.

IamTheKing9 · 01-19-2008, 11:37 PM

Have you made any recent changes to your computer or browser (like installing add-ons, etc.)?

01-17-2008, 10:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
azdennis Noogle Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Embedded e-mail addresses (mailto) does not work properly This is a problem that has cropped up suddenly and, while not major, is irritating. If I click on an embedded e-mail address (such as answering say a Craigs List ad) Gmail opens a new tab and acts like it is going to open the Compose Mail form. In the upper left corder it says "Loading..." but it never does. I can see it connecting to mail.google.com, then it says down in the lower left "Done" as if it has finished loading the page. The page simply stays blank. If I copy the e-mail address and then go to Compose Mail from GMail directly, the proper compose form appears and I can paste in the e-mail address manually and send a reply. It used to be all I had to do was click on an embedded e-mail and GMail would take me directly to the Compose Message page. No changes to my system, so I do not think that is the problem and I HAVE emptied the cache and history, hoping that would help (it did not).

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01-19-2008, 01:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
IamTheKing9 Google Guru Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 3,000 Thanks: 3 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	Gmail works on Ajax, so even if your browser status bar says 'done', the page is, in fact, loading. (A bit like when you've got flash files on a web page.) But if the page used to load easily enough earlier, I don't really see any reason it should not load now. Maybe some of our other experts can answer your question, sorry.

01-19-2008, 02:13 AM	#3 (permalink)
[ugly_cat] Elite Googler Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: MM Posts: 1,789 Thanks: 53 Thanked 55 Times in 52 Posts	at yet.,i have not any problems..can you print screen your image.

01-19-2008, 11:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
IamTheKing9 Google Guru Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 3,000 Thanks: 3 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	Have you made any recent changes to your computer or browser (like installing add-ons, etc.)?

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