It seems like the mailto links we're embedding in our website fail to do anything in Chrome, though they work in Firefox.
Simple example here: http://jsfiddle.net/wAPNH/
<a href='mailto:test@test.com'>hi this is a test</a>
Do we need to do something special to enable mail links in Chrome?
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This is browser settings specific, i.e. it will behave differently depending on the user's browser settings. The user can change how mailto: links behave in chrome by visiting chrome://settings/handlers, or Chrome Settings->Content Settings->Manage Handlers...
If "email" is not listed on that page, then see this answer regarding how to proceed.
