Just a reminder that every developer who disables paste on a web form can die a horrible painful death. ESPECIALLY on every field on a form with many inputs. That is all.
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@bananamangodog right! It’s a usability issue for most of us. Don’t even get me started on the accessibility issues.
Actually do…
Eye gaze trackers (head-worn laser pointers). Manually typing words with those is extremely diffcult. Impossible, even, for some people.
Neurodivergent folks and/or people with neurological disabilities/conditions. Typing long passwords or other data is arduous for them.
@markwyner ah the illusion that a typed password is safer than a pasted ..
@alchemicacht right. And that’s always the excuse. That somehow pasting is a security vulnerability.
Right before posting this I was making an online purchase with a debit card. I was allowed to paste the number and date, but NOT the CVV.
I’d love to hear the logic on that one.
@markwyner Yes, and for more reasons than the obvious.
I have a device I use often that works perfectly except for the "e" key. I get around this by having an "e" copied and ready to paste. Except on those g-d- sites where it doesn't work.
(And yeah, I can use onscreen keyboard or an external keyboard if I have to, but when I'm doing something on the fly, I don't want to. And I *really* don't want to replace the device. It works how I want, and it doesn't shove excrement-generating "AI" features down my throat.)
@markwyner Just a reminder that every browser team that *implemented* that capability is equally at fault.
@markwyner there’s a browser plugin that will prevent fucking with copy/paste. It’s called StopTheMadness. It does a lot more as well (however it is NOT an ad blocker). Made by @lapcatsoftware
