GNU bug report logs - #28154
26.0.50; suggestion to improve bug reporting interface for users who use webmail

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From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz <at> lifelogs.com>
To: Zachary Kanfer <zkanfer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 28154 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28154: 26.0.50;
 suggestion to improve bug reporting interface for users who use
 webmail
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 15:31:44 -0400

On Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:14:37 -0400 Zachary Kanfer <zkanfer <at> gmail.com> wrote: 

>> Would someone like to work on adding such a feature to emacsbug.el?
ZK> I wouldn't mind coding something up for this, if we can agree on what the
ZK> flow should be.

There are many possible flows. Please feel free to propose and
implement; if you put your work in a branch we'll be happy to review it.

ZK> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 10:20 AM, Ted Zlatanov <tzz <at> lifelogs.com> wrote:

>> mailto URLs generally support some options; a short body and subject
>> could be specified like this:
>> 
>> <a href=”mailto:emacs <at> gnu.org?subject=Bug%20Report&body=Hi%0Athere%20″>
>> 
>> Which would DTRT on many users' desktops. So maybe that would be an option?

ZK> I'm not sure how much that functionality overlaps with the existing
ZK> behavior that's already there. It certainly wouldn't help webmail users.

Maybe it will help others :)

Ted

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