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Share link via email

(193 reviews)
70,000 users
Updated December 13, 2023
productivity/communicationchromeVersion 4.0.3
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Description

Adds a button and context menu item to send the page URL or a link URL via email

Extension Rankings

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Ranking Summary

#3,001

Overall Rank

#2,574

Extension Rank

#22

"Sharing" Keyword

#6

"Share" Keyword

#41

"Mail" Keyword

#26

"Links" Keyword

#20

"Email" Keyword

#1,165

Featured Rank

0

Review Summary

Users appreciate the extension's straightforward and effective email sharing capability with customizable options and support for multiple email clients. However, several users report that recent Chrome updates have broken key functionalities like right-click sharing and local client integration, requiring additional manual steps to access the extension. Compatibility issues with updated webmail services and lack of recent maintenance have also been noted. Despite these drawbacks, many users value the extension’s simplicity and efficiency compared to alternatives.

Pros

  • Provides a convenient right-click option to share a webpage link via email.
  • Supports multiple email clients including Gmail, Outlook, and AOL.
  • Allows customization such as setting a default email provider and pre-configuring a message.
  • Simple and efficient functionality that is easy to use and works smoothly.
  • Keyboard shortcut activation is available for quick access.

Cons

  • Recent Chrome updates have disabled or limited functionality, such as right-click sharing and local email client support.
  • Requires clicking and pinning the extension icon to use since right-click options were removed; affects usability.
  • Doesn't always support newer versions of some webmail services like Outlook.com and Office 365.
  • In some cases, shared links are not clickable or outdated mailbox versions are used for sharing.
  • Lack of updates and unresolved issues reported by users over extended periods.

Permissions

This extension can:

  • contextMenus
  • activeTab
  • storage

Additional Information

Version

4.0.3

Updated

December 13, 2023

Size

0.07 MB

Languages

en-GB

Developer Information

AuthorCobote
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