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| DATE | 2026-04-14 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] [ruben@mrbrklyn.com: [artix-general] The war on
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Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:05:14 -0400
From: Ruben Safir
To: Artix
Subject: [artix-general] The war on rational design
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https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Say-Goodbye-to-Middle-Mouse-Paste/(tagID)/155
I've been wondering why cu and paste has been SO BROKEN in firefox
Say Goodbye to Middle-Mouse Paste
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Jan 13, 2026
Jack Wallen
Both Gnome and Firefox have proposed getting rid of a long-time favorite
Linux feature.
Gnome developer Jordan Petridis submitted proposals to both GNOME and
Firefox for disabling what he called the "abomination" that is
middle-mouse paste.
In the Firefox proposal, titled "Get `middlemouse.paste` from system,"
there were comments such as, "Middlepaste is bad and needs to be
disabled by default," but several commenters made it very clear that
they'd like to see it remain.
There are those who claim that middle-mouse paste is a security issue,
with one commenter saying, "middle-clicking could paste sensitive
information (e.g., passwords from a password manager) into a page when
the user does not intend to and without the user's knowledge."
The thing is, that can happen with Ctrl-V as well. Given that this
feature has been around for a very long time, it's my opinion (as
someone who's been using Linux since 1997) that this is short-sighted.
Middle-mouse paste was added to Wayland 10 years ago. If Firefox were to
remove it, it could well be the only desktop application that doesn't
support the feature.
One of the reasons why I use middle mouse paste is that it makes it
possible to copy two different strings and paste one with Ctrl-v and the
other with middle mouse paste.
There's no way of knowing if other desktops and apps will follow suit.
For those who do depend on the feature, a different desktop might be the
only solution if Gnome were to follow through with the proposal.
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So many immigrant groups have swept through our town
that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological
proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
http://www.mrbrklyn.com
DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002
http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software
http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive
http://www.coinhangout.com - coins!
http://www.brooklyn-living.com
Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps,
but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013
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