If anyone uses Firefox, it is possible to disable websites from knowing about any clipboard-related events. Go to about:config, search for dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled and set it to false. Done.
Sorry to go off topic, but is there documentation for the settings in about:config? And why don't they have a better UI?
It's pretty sad that something as security sensitive as browser settings requires trusting random strangers on the internet or digging through source code to understand what's going on.
If Mozilla made a chrome UI for those settings, they'd be accused of adding bloat to Firefox, creating complex options that confuse users, and making Firefox harder to use than Chrome-based browsers. I've noticed that open source really can't win in that department, so power user settings are put out of sight and out of mind, or are eliminated completely.
> I still miss Opera; they were the only browser developer who didn't take the "Users are stupid and easily confused" approach to browser development.
Old Opera was amazing, and incredibly fast. For a while there on pre-Android and early Android phones, Opera rendered the fastest out of all the mobile browsers.
> If Mozilla made a chrome UI for those settings, they'd be accused of adding bloat to Firefox, creating complex options that confuse users, and making Firefox harder to use than Chrome-based browsers.
Possibly, but does Mozilla actually care about accusations of bloat or poor usability?
It's pretty sad that something as security sensitive as browser settings requires trusting random strangers on the internet or digging through source code to understand what's going on.