Mozilla removed Send Link item from Firefox Context Menu, you can see this change in recently released Firefox 16 and if you want that functionality back you can achieve same with Email this add-on for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. Firefox 16 has been released recently where Send Link context menu item has been removed which I came to know useful for some people through their comments.
Send Link Vs.Email Link, which is better ?
When either of Send Link on context menu and Email link from Firefox menu is selected your email address, subject and link on body of message will be pre-filled in email where you need to write your friends email addressees only and click Send button. But moving mouse cursor to Firefox menu and selecting email link is not intuitive when compared to right-click on page and selecting send link button.
Send link has been ditched, now what? no about:config preference is there to bring back, but Email this add-on will do.
Email This Add-on Adds send link back to Firefox Context menu
“Email This! will send your recipient the link, title, & highlighted text of the page you are viewing using Gmail, Google Apps Gmail, Yahoo, and Stand-Alone Mail Clients like Outlook Express, Thunderbird, & More! “
After installing extension to send link, right-click on page and select Email This and from its sub menu choose any email service or default email client like in Thunderbird to open and send the link.
Hotkeys, the time savers
I know you’re not liking extra step you’re taking to select Email this sub menu item, hot keys are here!. To send to desktop email client just use “Ctrl +Alt+ k“ hotkey (windows). And similarly you can find hotkeys for other OSes on extension page.
Note: Let me tell you I found random shortcut I tried i.e Ctrl + Alt+ k seems to open thunderbird than developer mentioned hotkey Alt+ Win key + k on Windows. Hotkeys not working or wrong on my end?
Has this extension worked for you? Share with us in comments.
Please add the Send Link feature back to the right-click menu. Very helpful and time-saving. I e-mail a lot of links, so going up to the file menu every time is really a pain. Please let us know when you will add this back.
Finally removed. Thanks. This was the most annoying thing, especially to put it next to “save link as” due you had always wait to until Email is started up to just close it again.
I’m a constant user of the send link button, and am now lost without it!
I regularly send links to others and the removal of this has been a great inconvenience. Yes, I can add a plugin, but when others say they want to send me links, I can’t just tell them to right-click and select the ’email to’ link. Instead I have to direct them to install a plugin and most people don’t want to take that time and effort.
In the end, the removal of this link has stymied the free exchange of information by adding extra steps to the process, no matter how small one perceives them to be.
Regarding andy’s comment, it sounds as if moving it to another position on the context menu would address his concerns.
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