Reply to post: Re: web links like "skype://" or "slack://"

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John Brown (no body) Silver badge

Re: web links like "skype://" or "slack://"

"Not everyone wants their browser to do everything, but having a mailto link is pretty darned useful."

That's the point though, isn't it. Others may not see the point in their browser being able to follow a mailto:// link because they never use a mail client, but are very happy that it will follow/launch a skype:// link.

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