On Saturday, October 12, 2002, at 05:43 AM, (iMac List) wrote: > Yes, because some people don't realize that you NEED the "http://"; > prefix in a URL in an E-mail if you want it to be clickable. Actually, this isn't the case most of the time. > > For example, THIS URL should be clickable: > > http://www.habidabad.com Yes, this one works fine... > > THIS one, for the exact same web page, is NOT clickable: > > www.habidabad.com Works fine... on a Mac. All Mac browsers let you do this easily enough. I'm using IE 5.2.2 and Mail.app. Unfortunately, Windows browsers tend to choke on web addresses in email that don't start with http:// but if you're just sending messages to other Mac users, be assured that (at least in OS X and I assume in OS 9 as well) the links are displayed properly. Then again, I seem to remember OE/Entourage having some sort of problem displaying links properly on the Mac, so you may be right about that at least. But pardon my ignorance--I used Entourage daily for almost a year until I tried Mail and in my opinion it's just a more streamlined, useable app. Entourage throws tons of stuff in that you honestly THINK you need (that I ridiculed Mail.app for not having) but what I've found is that in all honesty 90% of the features of Entourage are completely useless! I did enjoy its auto-correct, however. And the calendar is still better than iCal (well, duh) but any of you who are thinking Mail.app isn't powerful enough need to check out the blazing-fast "across all mailboxes" searching, the Junk Mail filter, the simplicity and ease-of-use of the client itself, and the much nicer-looking quote system. Address Book got vastly improved in Jaguar--it's finally worth using! :)
Anyway, that's the end of my rant. > > Despite all of the links you've probably seen throughout this message, > this message is STILL nothing more than plain vanilla ASCII text. It > is > your MAIL CLIENT that is "intelligently" looking for text that APPEARS > to be a URL or E-mail address and automatically CONVERTING it into > links > for you. So can anyone who is using Entourage or Windows Outlook see what happens with this message? I'd use Entourage but it's no longer on my drive... > > Actually, even PINE, the UNIX text-based E-mail client mentioned > earlier, does this, although the web browser that opens when you select > such links is a primited text-based browser. And, of course, since > PINE > is ENTIRELY text-based, you don't use the MOUSE to "click" the links. > You select them with the cursor keys. Alternatively, PINE numbers all > links as well, so you can jump directly to a particular link by typing > in its number while the message/page in question is displayed. I remember PINE.... :) Those were the days.... or not.... ------------- David-Michael Cook Blue Fusion Media [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:imac-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:imac-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:imac-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
