Gmail parsing telephone numbers
A couple of weeks back while I was travelling in Netherlands, I noticed that the telephone numbers in my mail were showing up as links on the gmail browser. On clicking them it opened up the Google Chat window with the phone number ready to dial. The phone number is converted to <a href="tel:%2B91%20422%206612345" value="+914226612345" target="_blank">+91 422 6612345</a> The mailto is already a standard feature. Wonder if "tel:" would also get introduced into mainstream. Sample signature shown here This was a nice integration and would be great in the chrome OS. The charges, at first glance at least, are cheaper than Skype. Have to test it out and see if the service is at par with that of Skype. Interestingly this is applicable only in countries where the Google call feature is active. The numbers were showing up as normal text here in India.