We’re going in circles. How do you know a name that looks like a link is actually a link or a real name?
How do you solve that problem in a way that names that look like links are still accepted?
Plus the way email clients parse plain text is not the university’s website’s responsibility. Today, it’s links. Tomorrow, it’s “embedded AI prompts” or “mini-QR codes,” or “new format telephone numbers,” etc.
the university’s form allowed the link or link-like string in the text field. that’s on them.
mail clients should at least be warning users about links it converts from text into clickable markup. yes.
We’re going in circles. How do you know a name that looks like a link is actually a link or a real name?
How do you solve that problem in a way that names that look like links are still accepted?
Plus the way email clients parse plain text is not the university’s website’s responsibility. Today, it’s links. Tomorrow, it’s “embedded AI prompts” or “mini-QR codes,” or “new format telephone numbers,” etc.