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> zero improvement this past decade. In fact, stuff seems to be worse.

Sigh, yes, even keeping copy/paste working is problematic for the last several years. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40886954

Luckily the top comment in that thread says "this is the process working" so I guess we're good



>Copy and Paste context menu entries are sometimes disabled when they should not be

they should never be disabled. If I want to copy the letters from the OK/Cancel buttons—which you also tried to eliminate—or the keyboard keycaps you are displaying, I should be able to; what's it to you what I want to do?

How much do you love it when you are using a PDF of a scanned ancient text or a cellphone snapshot you just took of a streetsign, and your device lets you copy the text? This is what computers are for, to be our servants, not to be Google's overseer.

step 1: HN, make article titles selectable. wtf!?




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