Phone numbers highlighting

[Rechen-Knecht]

Hi, good Job! :-)

but still something to fix.

Phone numbers highlighting does not work if they include a slash "/" or a "-" sign.
It would be very nice if Phone-numbers like: 0123/4567890 or 0123-4567890 are recognized too.

THX and have a good time.

Hagen

[KieSeyHow]

Absolutely NOT.   If you interpret a slash '/' or '\' then that is going to  affect URLs and break all kinds of things.  Who is writing phone numbers with a slash?  That is WRONG. Learn the correct way instead of breaking other things to support incompetence.  We already have far too much of that from Android, Google, and Microsoft.

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[Kostya Vasilyev]

Re: If you interpret a slash '/' or '\' then that is going to  affect URLs and break all kinds of things. 

Agreed.

Phone number highlighting should really be done by sender - using an HTML <A> tag with "tel" scheme. Or "sms" (as appropriate).

Please consider Aqua's highlighting a "last resort, convenience feature" if the sender didn't bother to do it.

And in any case, it's still possible to highlight and piece of text and copy / paste into the Phone app.

[KieSeyHow]

Re: If you interpret a slash '/' or '\' then that is going to  affect URLs and break all kinds of things. 

Agreed.

Phone number highlighting should really be done by sender - using an HTML <A> tag with "tel" scheme. Or "sms" (as appropriate).

Please consider Aqua's highlighting a "last resort, convenience feature" if the sender didn't bother to do it.

And in any case, it's still possible to highlight and piece of text and copy / paste into the Phone app.

Absolutely correct!

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[StR]

Please consider Aqua's highlighting a "last resort, convenience feature" if the sender didn't bother to do it.

While I agree with the rest of what was said, - but I consider Aquamail's highlighting as not the "last resort", but rather as an important feature. I still send plain-text messages (and prefer receiving them that way for the most part), and if someone writes his/her phone number, I don't expect those to be html-coded.

[Rechen-Knecht]

And in any case, it's still possible to highlight and piece of text and copy / paste into the Phone app.

Agree, that's the way i proceed.
But in Germany, 0123/456789 is unfortunately a often used way to write PhoneNumbers.
And unfortunately it is hopeless to teach all  different senders something different ...

I still send plain-text messages (and prefer receiving them that way for the most part), and if someone writes his/her phone number, I don't expect those to be html-coded.

This is also my preference

Nevertheless, thanks for your and the other Answers

Hagen

[mikeone]

In Germany there is a DIN 5008 which has "recently" changed the recommendations for the spelling of telephone numbers in 2011:

local:                 0451 223344
direct dial:        0451 223344-144
international:    +49 451 223344
mobile:              0171 223344

-> see attached overview

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Re: But in Germany, 0123/456789 is unfortunately a often used way to write PhoneNumbers

Sorry this doesn't change how the forward slash is also often used in web links.

[mikeone]

Re: But in Germany, 0123/456789 is unfortunately a often used way to write PhoneNumbers

Sorry this doesn't change how the forward slash is also often used in web links.

Using slash ("/'") as a separator within phone numbers are - even in Germany - as outdated as using a blank line in an adress field between the "Street" and "ZIP code / City) lines