[thelist] OT: hyperlinks in Outlook not working properly

[Scarlett Julian (ED)]

> connection between Outlook and IE. So, did you install any browsers
> about a month ago?

lol - I'm always installing browsers :o) find me a web developer who doesn't
!! (OK, that's rhetorical, there are probably plenty of developers who don't
check their work in a variety of browser/version combos)

I honestly can't remember when I did my last update of Mozilla - I'm still
on version 0.9 so I guess it may have been around that time. Can't get rid
of Outlook as it's the corporate mail client and people will lynch me if I
try to be different (I get funny looks for having Opera, Ns, Mozilla, Amaya
and Lynx installed not to mention a raft of accessibility and validation
tools )

Hey guess what, I've just set IE to be default and it worked !! :o) Chris,
you're a bl**dy star and a timely reminder of why I subscribed to this list
in the first place. Thank you very much. If you're ever in the Sheffield
(UK) area let me know and I'll buy you a beer. Such a simple solution too !
D'oh!!

take it easy people - oh, life is good after all !!

--J.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Johnston [mailto:chris at fuzzylizard.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 12:43 PM
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: Re: [thelist] OT: hyperlinks in Outlook not working properly
>
>
> I had this same problem with Outlook (one of many reasons I
> ditched it).
> For me the reason was that I had installed Mozilla and decided to make
> it my primary/defualt browser. For some reason, this broke
> the hyperlink
> connection between Outlook and IE. So, did you install any browsers
> about a month ago?
>
> In terms of fixing the problem, if I remember correctly, making sure
> that IE was the default browser helped. However, sometimes
> this was not
> always the easiest thing, or the most stable/permenant solution.
>
> My ultimate solution was to get rid of outlook and start using Mozilla
> Mail. Hopefully someone else has a better one.
>
> Chris
>
> Scarlett Julian (ED) wrote:
>
> >Hi all
> >
> >I'm back after a long absence from web development (being pushed into
> >project management) and unfortunately my first post has to
> be an OT one. I
> >shall try and think of a suitable tip for you ;-)
> >
> >My problem is that whenever I get an email (I use Outlook as
> mail client)
> >with a hyperlink in it I can't get the link to work.
> Clicking the link  will
> >open Internet Explorer but nothing happens after that. This started
> >happening about a month ago but I honestly can't remember
> what I did that
> >may have caused it. I have looked in the Microsoft knowledge
> base but no joy
> >and nothing anywhere else either.
> >
> ><tip> type="testing accessibility" author="Julian Scarlett" If you're
> >looking to check if your pages are compliant to at least
> WCAG level A and
> >want to see what happens if you turn off javascript,
> ><strong><em>don't</strong></em>use Opera. It doesn't follow
> the DOM model as
> >other browsers do and it's better to use a gecko based
> browser such as NS6.2
> >or Mozilla (0.9+) to get a better picture.</tip>
> >
> >thanks people
> >
> >--J.
> >
> >btw just been browsing the archives and it feels kinda cosy
> to be back ;-)
> >
> >Julian Scarlett
> >Web Design & Document Management System Officer
> >PPU
> >Education Directorate
> >Sheffield City Council
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