             }
             fallback_name: name
         }, silent:true
+
+onclick = (e) ->
+  e.preventDefault()
+  address = e.currentTarget.getAttribute 'href'
+  if address[0] == '/' then address = "http:" + address
+  shell.openExternal address
 
 # helper method to group events in time/user bunches
 groupEvents = (es, entity) ->

moment = require 'moment'

{nameof, linkto, later, forceredraw}  = require './vutil'


        if seg.type == "LINE_BREAK" then br(); continue
        f = seg.formatting ? {}
        href = seg?.link_data?.link_target
        ifpass(href, ((f) -> a {href, onclick}, f)) ->
            ifpass(f.bold, b) ->
                ifpass(f.italics, i) ->
                    ifpass(f.underline, u) ->
