Re: OT: Mobile Phone "mailto:"

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2008


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 69928
interpreted = N
texte = Ok cool. I was hoping this might be the case. I'll just leave it be. Thx. -Dan On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:14:37 +0000 Steve Craig wrote: > Hi > > I rightly or wrongly always assumed this was down to coding in the browser to look for possible >phone numbers. The iPhone and my old Treo just turned any occurrence of a reasonable string of >numbers into a link. I'm not aware of a tag to do it. > > Just my 2 cents. > > Cheers > ======================================== > Steve Craig - Asylum Interactive Ltd > Tel +44 1330 860550 Fax +44 1330 860880 > ======================================== > http://www.asylumweb.com > Email: steve@asylumweb.com > Skype: s.craig - iChat: steve.craig > ======================================== > > > On 20 Mar 2008, at 18:10, Dan Strong wrote: > >> Is anybody aware of a command or tag that will make a cell phone >> call a number upon clicking a link, similar to the way launches your mail client? >> >> I'm returning results from a site of mine to mobile phones/handhelds >> and one of the results is a phone number so it just makes sense for >> someone to be able to click the number and automatically dial it, >> rather than remember the number and dial it manually or copy/paste/ >> dial it. >> >> Ideally it would be like: (212) >> 555-1212 >> >> Does something like this exist? I'm googling, but not really sure >> what to search for so not really getting helpful results. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> -Dan >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: OT: Mobile Phone "mailto:" ( "Dan Strong" 2008)
  2. Re: OT: Mobile Phone "mailto:" ( Matthew A Perosi 2008)
  3. Re: OT: Mobile Phone "mailto:" ( "Dan Strong" 2008)
  4. Re: OT: Mobile Phone "mailto:" ( Steve Craig 2008)
  5. OT: Mobile Phone "mailto:" ( "Dan Strong" 2008)
Ok cool. I was hoping this might be the case. I'll just leave it be. Thx. -Dan On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:14:37 +0000 Steve Craig wrote: > Hi > > I rightly or wrongly always assumed this was down to coding in the browser to look for possible >phone numbers. The iPhone and my old Treo just turned any occurrence of a reasonable string of >numbers into a link. I'm not aware of a tag to do it. > > Just my 2 cents. > > Cheers > ======================================== > Steve Craig - Asylum Interactive Ltd > Tel +44 1330 860550 Fax +44 1330 860880 > ======================================== > http://www.asylumweb.com > Email: steve@asylumweb.com > Skype: s.craig - iChat: steve.craig > ======================================== > > > On 20 Mar 2008, at 18:10, Dan Strong wrote: > >> Is anybody aware of a command or tag that will make a cell phone >> call a number upon clicking a link, similar to the way launches your mail client? >> >> I'm returning results from a site of mine to mobile phones/handhelds >> and one of the results is a phone number so it just makes sense for >> someone to be able to click the number and automatically dial it, >> rather than remember the number and dial it manually or copy/paste/ >> dial it. >> >> Ideally it would be like: (212) >> 555-1212 >> >> Does something like this exist? I'm googling, but not really sure >> what to search for so not really getting helpful results. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> -Dan >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ "Dan Strong"

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