Browsers shouldn’t allow half of the stuff that they allow. You have to do the same thing not just with copy and paste, but also searching on the page with ctrl + f. Like I don’t care that websites won’t to create their own experience. Don’t mess with browser behavior.
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johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 3 months agoFrankly I’m mostly annoyed that my browser allows web sites to block cut and paste, ever. I am capable of making my own decisions over whether I want to cut and paste.
There are plugins that will disallow this. I think the one I use is “don’t fuck with paste”
D_Air1@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You really want to memorise different shortcuts for search? What if you’re on a web app like discord? Ctrl+f isn’t gonna be as useful as a built in search solution that has access to data that isn’t visible until searched for. I get the issues on disabling the features but if they’re replacing browser behaviour with something that suits the site better I think that’s alright as long as it’s not s downgrade.
D_Air1@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
All too often it is a downgrade though. A lot of those webapps have terrible search and I only want to search for what is on the current page anyways. For example reddit search has been notoriously bad for a long time. Half the forums online seem to be using the exact same open source software with the exact same terrible search. When all too often I just want to find what is on the current page anyways.
priapus@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Never thought to look for an extension for that. Thanks for mentioning it.
subtext@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You can also just run it when you need it rather than having to add an extension. Just add a bookmarklet with the code here and just click it when you encounter a problematic website.
It’ll reduce your attack surface while still getting the job done.
priapus@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Even better, thanks!
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Ooh, ooh. And for implementing any Javascript or jQuery or whatever that pops up some kind of smarmy message when you right click: Believe it or not, straight to jail.
Plus, that kind of thing is not going to prevent anyone from scraping images from anywhere if they have the capability to lift a finger to press F12.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Exactly.
My host decided to update their TOS to force me to accept binding arbitration, so I Inspect Elemented that right off the page and sent a message to support so end my service. You’re not going to bully me on my own browser…
progandy@feddit.org 3 months ago
Some do detect open developer tools and nuke the whole page, though.
JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It won’t block it yes but it will diminish the amount of people doing it which is the point