There are two methods as far as I can see. You can either use a pre-prepared bookmarklet such as GmailThis! which is pre-populated with the URL of the page you are currently on (with the subject title of the email also filled in for you) or you can make your own compose window bookmarklet.

The GmailThis! option is good if you want to just email a page link to someone. Clicking on the bookmarklet, the link to the page is already inserted and all you have to do is enter the email address of the recipient and off you go. But if you'd rather not have all that junk pre-populated in the email then you will have to roll your own compose window.

To do this, go to Gmail and click "compose" to open a new email window.





Click the small logo in the top right hand corner. This will disconnect the new mail window from the rest of Gmail.


Right-click on the compose window (in any blue area) and choose to bookmark it (the option will appear in the right-click menu).

Save the page to your bookmarks in a prominent place where it is easy to get to.


The only problem with making your own compose window is that I can't get it to open in a new Firefox tab. I tried the "target_blank" possibility but it didn't work. Anybody got any ideas how I can get the compose window to open in a new tab? Am I using the wrong command?

Oh and another thing - you probably know this already but when you are on the main Gmail page (the inbox page), holding down the SHIFT key and clicking "compose" opens the compose window in a separate pop-up window. Useful if you want to write an email and also keep an eye on incoming emails into your inbox (or check your contacts section).