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I was thinking to include a sentence on that particular point, but thought it was obvious that non-text copy-to-clipboard (I have copied images straight from th

I was thinking to include a sentence on that particular point, but thought it was obvious that non-text copy-to-clipboard (I have copied images straight from the browser to the clipboard quite often for example) would be handled differently, as image data should be distinguishable from text data. I don't think users would treat it as annoying - not if there was a terse explanation in the popup box, and there could always be an option to disable it (rather than make it mandatory) for those users too impatient to use it and would rather take the risk of pasting altered content into a CLI window ;)

roca 7y ago
In my experience as a browser developer, you're overly optimistic about what users will put up with.
- scarygliders 7y ago
  As a developer with decades of experience in designing GUI's, who always acts on feedback from end users of what I have produced, I think you're overly pessimistic about this suggested feature, and should at least try it, rather than dismissing it offhand without doing so. It's not like adding something like an intermediate stage like that would take an enormous amount of work - and the feedback would be more valuable than thinking "oh they won't like it".
  - roca 7y ago
    Maybe, just maybe, the people who work on Web browsers and have lots of experience shipping UI to that particular audience, are right to trust their intuitions more than yours about which experiments are worth carrying out.
    - scarygliders 7y ago
      Rather than rely on intuitions, I take the time to try things out on people and keep, alter or discard, depending on reactions. Stubbornness doesn't play any part in my work.