>the permissions model created the situation, the author chose a particular path. perhaps the most reasonable or even only possible path if they wanted their p

>the permissions model created the situation, the author chose a particular path. perhaps the most reasonable or even only possible path if they wanted their plugin to be able to do what they wanted it to do, which was to keep sites and from messing with your copy and paste functionality - in other words to prevent minor maliciousness. on edit: sure, to provide the smoothest behavior, but really if it wasn't smooth people would be irritated and not want to use it. I know if I was implementing for myself I would want it to be smooth. I understand the whole "bad things can be done" perspective, but here for some reason I fall under a "trust but verify" perspective instead.