>> AFAIK Flash shipped with a more liberal model first, but the abuse problem >> was considered significant enough to tighten the model and make it more >> restrictive.
> That's correct: > - In Flash 9, you could use the > `System.setClipboard<http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/system > /System.html#setClipboard()>` Thanks for outlining the history and documentation. I think we should give authors (at least) the same convenience as Flash does. Reported here: https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23235 -Hallvord (in "I will try to get around to actually updating the spec too"-mode)
