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Posted by Harlan Messinger on 08/27/06 20:45
Super Mango wrote:
> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>> Super Mango wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> In this page I have two things that arn't compatible:
>>> http://www.mangoplex.com/contact-en.php
>>>
>>> 1) There is a script that makes the phone number to go to the clipboard
>>> when clicking on it. Does not work for FF.
>> I believe '.execCommand("Copy");' is JScript and not JavaScript, i.e.,
>> IE only... Anyway is is really that hard for someone one to drag-select
>> and CTRL+C (and whatever MAC use) and put it in the clipboard themselve?
>>
>> --
>> Take care,
>>
>> Jonathan
>> -------------------
>> LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
>> http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com
>
> Thanks,
>
> The question was technical about functionality.
>
> Yes it's not a problem to press CTRL-C, so?
>
> It's not a problem to write down on paper as well.
True, but a general principle for creating user-friendly web pages is
NOT to clutter them with special ways to do things they already know how
to do just as simply, using their computer's standard feature. This
applies as well to Back links, Print links (unless they also reformat
the contents into a more suitable form for printing), Back to Top links,
and so forth. Many of your users will just wonder, "How does he think I
function at all if he thinks I need special help with these things?" or
"Hmmm, he wants me to click a link to perform a normal function. What's
he trying to trick me into executing?"
Also, from the user's viewpoint, browser access to the clipboard poses a
privacy risk--do YOU want other people's servers to read what you may
happen to have at the moment in your clipboard? That's why IE lets users
deny clipboard access to Javascript. (Which means, of course, that your
link won't even work in IE for some people.)
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