One More Reason to Use Google Chrome
Here is a real cool feature if you’re a Gmail user!!
How often it happens that you click on an email link on a website and it tries to find MS Outlook or Outlook Express or some other external email application to send the email. Quite often I guess! And if you’re using Gmail’s web interface for your emails then you have to manually copy the link, open Gmail and then paste the email address – quite a cumbersome process I must say!
How cool it would be if you’re using Google Chrome and you could use Gmail web interface without going through this long process? Pretty cool aye? 
Now you can with a little bit of extension magic.
Getting Chrome Ready for Extensions
The first thing that you will need to do is prepare Chrome to use extensions if you have not previously done so. Locate the shortcut(s) for Chrome and right click on them. Select “Properties”.
Once you have clicked through, you will see the “Properties” window with the “Shortcut” tab displayed.
In the address area for “Target:” you will need to add the following command to the end of the target path making certain to leave a single space in between the final quote mark and the enable extensions command.
Here is an example of what the the target path should look like…
Once you have that finished, click “Apply”, then “OK”. Now you are ready to add your new extension!
Installing the Extension
Once you have gone to the link provided below, click on the link as shown to access the .crx file. Once the file has finished downloading, you will be prompted about the installation.
When the extension is ready to install, you will see the following message window. Click on “Install” to add the extension to Chrome. Now you are ready for all those new e-mails!
Whenever you click on a mailto link, Gmail will open up just like this…the entire window will be focused on letter composing only (nice!).
Conclusion
If you love using Gmail for all of your e-mail needs, then this extension is certain to be a perfect addition to your browser!
Links
Download the GmailDefaultClient extension (Chrome Forums)
Note: The download link is approximately two-thirds of the way down the page.
Sweet, I’ve been looking for something like this for ages.