[WEB4LIB] Mailto vs. forms

[Sarah Graham]

I believe mailto links are very bad for usability. We, like most libraries,
don't load mail client software on our public PCs. So, if in-house users
want to contact the library, providing forms rather than mailto links is
essential.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Kuntz [mailto:jkuntz at ansernet.rcls.org]
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 12:05 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Mailto vs. forms
> 
> 
> I'm noticing more sites now are using email forms on their 
> sites for contact information. Is is now "best practice" to 
> eschew mailto links? [I'd say so, given the popularity of 
> web-based email services, which can't use mailto links.]
> 
> --
> Jerry Kuntz
> Electronic Resources Consultant
> Ramapo Catskill Library System
> jkuntz at rcls.org
> 
> --



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Sarah Graham
Coordinator of Web Development and Reference Librarian
Emerson College Library
120 Boylston Street, 3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02116

(617) 824-8332

sarah_graham at emerson.edu