The Cavern Links Checker

By yah Last update Jan 19, 2012 — Installed 2,002,020 times.

Malformed mailto: tags

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Victor Cleaner User

Hello,
haveing little problem using your script, when enabled, it malforms every "mailto:email@something.ext" tag to "http://email@something.ext" when clicking it, it wont open mail app anymore ;/
any idea?
Thanx for great script anyway ;]
VicC

 
yah Script's Author

Victor,

I appreciate the notification. Apparently though, it's not affecting all mailto: post. I have devised a few tests and they seem to work as expected. I would like you to reply with some example pages so I can see the behavior. I think it only affects pages that have certain formats.

Thanks,
yah.

 
Victor Cleaner User

Hello again,
here is example page, where script malforms mailto: tag for me, and some screenshots of it...

http://www.jakpsatweb.cz/enc/mailto.html

Enabled script:
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4893/withscripte...

Disabled script:
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5190/withscriptd...

 
yah Script's Author

VicC,

Thanks for the details. I see that the problem is occurring only on pages where there are examples of code. Not, like I thought, on regular webpages. There's a way to fix this but it will require some thought. To fix this, I'd have to add another check in the linkifier routine to identify where this is happening. Unfortunately, there will be no payback for the pages that this script was designed for -- link checks at the Cavern.
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As much as I appreciate the support, I'm afraid I'm going to have to hold off on these changes. I don't think slowing down 99% of the websites checks to satisfy 1% is a good payback.
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What I will do is keep this in mind for later on. I am working on a way for users to include/exclude different types of checks manually. When this is completed, I will add this as an option for you to turn on. This will be the best of both worlds.
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For now, if I were you, I'd just click the little monkey's face in the taskbar to disable the script while looking at code example pages.
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Thanks again for the help VicC. Your examples were great.
yah.

 
Victor Cleaner User

Hello,
than you very much for detailed explanation of problem, well i am afraid, this malformation on mailto: tag isnt only on webpages with sample source mailto: codes, it malforms every single mailto: tag for me, maybe there is a problem with other scripts compatibility? I can provide list of scripts i am using together with your script, maybe it can help to solve the problem?
here it is:
Rapidshare Helper
Rapidshare Download Delay Bypass
IMDB Pirated Version
mailto - blocker
Add helpful icons to links
Videoembed
The Cavern Links Checker

Thank you again for great script, for your time and help :-)
br,
Victor

 
yah Script's Author

Victor Cleaner,

I'd say it's due to a combination of the scripts you have installed. No one else I know is having the same problem, but no one else is running the scripts you are. To find out which one is causing the problem, just inactivate them one at a time until the page displays properly. That should give you the culprit.

yah.

 
dudebudbro Scriptwright

I'm having this same problem. It also turns your google email address on google pages, which is normally in text form, into a link and also adds the http:// at the beginning. Here's a pic. This happens on all email addresses, doesn't matter if there's a mailto: or not. I disabled all other scripts but it doesn't help. The only thing that solves it is disabling this script.

 
Morag Agmon Scriptwright

I have the same problem. As a result, I had to turn off the script.

Any fix soon ?

 
yah Script's Author

Morag Agmon,

This issue has been addressed. Please respond if there are any problems with specific pages you find. I used the pages I found and the one Victor posted. Let me know if there are any that slip by.

Hope this helps,
yah.

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