- From: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>
- Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:07:27 -0800
- To: paul@activemath.org, Web APIs WG <public-webapi@w3.org>
Paul Libbrecht wrote: > > Jonas Sicking wrote: >>> That can only be avoided by using explicit actions such as "copy >>> text" which would avoid the possibly good value the element would >>> make as copy. >> I don't want to add a 'copy text' menu item next to every 'copy' item >> in firefox. First of all it clutters the UI, second, users won't know >> when to use which. > Jonas, > > I agree it clutters the UI the same as spam pollutes email and dirt > web-sites pollute the web or SSL adds a layer of unnecessary complexity > to connections (even to users)... there's not enough dirt to discourage > us and our users though! > > I bet that most will never need the only "copy text" menu-item in the > edit menu. They will all see it though. I can tell you for sure that we are not going to add an extra menu item for this. And I'd be surprised if any other browser vendor would. > As to notice... well... they will notice when they paste that the copied > text is just wrong! Or they don't care about the content they just > pasted... And do you think at that point that any significant portion of the users will know to go to the "copy text" menu-item?
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