Re:Don't touch my clipboard
by dredmorbius on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @03:42AM
(#22354451)
There are already (at least) two clipboards in many platforms.
X11/Xorg has the primary and secondary selections.
MacOS has ... whatever it's got.
A key problem with this is that the feature is covert, latent, poorly discoverable, and causes unexpected behaviours. Even presumably advanced users (myself, you, other HN readers) are poorly aware of this. Imagine trying to explain to your nontechnical Aunt Tilly or Uncle Kamlesh about these "different clipboards which treat what you've copied differently and access through this funky interface"?
X11/Xorg has the primary and secondary selections.
MacOS has ... whatever it's got.
A key problem with this is that the feature is covert, latent, poorly discoverable, and causes unexpected behaviours. Even presumably advanced users (myself, you, other HN readers) are poorly aware of this. Imagine trying to explain to your nontechnical Aunt Tilly or Uncle Kamlesh about these "different clipboards which treat what you've copied differently and access through this funky interface"?