[Bug 21699] [spec.next] figure out how to make clipboard data type support discoverable

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=21699

James M. Greene <james.m.greene@gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from James M. Greene <james.m.greene@gmail.com> ---
Prior Art:
In Flash, you could query which formats were available via a read-only array
called `formats` on the clipboard object (equivalent of `clipboardData`):
   
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/desktop/Clipboard.html#formats

However, you already said that we should avoid putting it on `clipboardData`,
to which I would agree.

The one caveat to keep in mind is that, even if some MIME type is not reported
as being support by the clipboard object, it should still be possible to write
that unsupported type to the clipboard in its own segment. This allows for
consumption of custom data by other applications -- both web-based and not,
e.g. copying a quote into the Skype clipboard style:
    https://code.google.com/p/skype-quote-generator/

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