Is there an easy way (without having to research and install 3rd party software) for non techie users to be able to set their email client to Gmail, AOL, etc? I know a lot of people who prefer to use their email in the browser without using a desktop client. If you click on a mailto: link without your desktop client set up it will launch the setup process, it's not a great user experience.<p>Are there better alternatives than using "mailto"?
To be fair, mailto: is handled the worst possible way on webmail.<p>It should be relatively easy for the browser to have a little envelope icon in the address bar when you're on a major webmail site. Such an icon, when clicked, could offer to register that webmail service as your mailto: target.