Re: [editing] How do we switch the caret between overtype and insert mode? (#55)

>> Indeed, it works just about everywhere and it works in content editable.

> Then I’m sure we should not discard it.

I don't think that's the right criterion to use. The contentEditable="typing" is a new self-contained block of functionality, and will be used to create new applications, so this is the right time to revisit some old assumptions about requirements. A more interesting question is "how many people are going to miss overtype if it's not there, and for how long?". I understand that's also a harder question to answer, but without that kind of question our computers would all still have floppy disk drives.

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