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Re: Copy to Clipboard - ambush and abuse by javascript

From: Karl Dubost <karl+w3c@la-grange.net>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 21:09:07 -0400
Cc: TAG List <www-tag@w3.org>
Message-Id: <7C65604E-6809-4CB8-8F63-3D0B916A7C1E@la-grange.net>
To: Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>

Le 4 juin 2010 à 20:59, Karl Dubost a écrit :
>  Imagine the system had just returned, without the tracking code.
> 
>       Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it. 
>       Lincoln Steffens
>       Read More: http://example.com/path/myarticle
> 
>   We would not argue about it. No?


Another remarkable example of cut and paste
http://rebuildingtheweb.com/en/how-browsers-export-alt-text/

When you cut and paste this
	<p>I <img src="heart.gif" alt="love" /> you!</p>

The result should be?

	I love you
	I you
	I [img] you <- the real image like Safari does for example.



-- 
Karl Dubost
Montréal, QC, Canada
http://www.la-grange.net/karl/
Received on Saturday, 5 June 2010 01:09:27 UTC

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