Re: Clipboard API: Enable `copy` event simulation with user's express permission (domain-wide)?

>> AFAIK Flash shipped with a more liberal model first, but the abuse problem
>> was considered significant enough to tighten the model and make it more
>> restrictive.

> That's correct:
>   - In Flash 9, you could use the
> `System.setClipboard<http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/system
> /System.html#setClipboard()>`

Thanks for outlining the history and documentation. I think we should give authors (at least) the same convenience as Flash does. Reported here:
https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23235

-Hallvord (in "I will try to get around to actually updating the spec too"-mode)

Received on Friday, 13 September 2013 09:12:38 UTC