[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 23351] Add preference to not select when right-clicked

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23351





--- Comment #16 from Darin Adler <darin at apple.com>  2010-10-13 09:37:12 PST ---
There’s always a need to balance two conflicting goals with these:

    1) Have the web browser match the platform user interface conventions. Even more importantly, have software using web technology that is not a web browser match the platform standards.

    2) Have the web browser match the other web browsers on other platforms so websites work.

Historically, Windows got to have its cake and eat it too, since the web standards often exactly matched the conventions of the Windows platform. Things are trickier on other platforms such as Mac.

When it comes to what’s selected when you right-click, it’s critical when editing that Safari and Mail match the conventions of other Mac applications. A Mail user is not “using the web” so they have no reason to expect any particular behavior.

I don’t know how critically important this is on other platforms, nor specifically how this could affect website compatibility, so it’s hard for me to come up with a recommendation.

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