emscripten

[Michael Stover]

So much hate because you can't middle-click paste.  Swearing and
AAArrrrggghhing, "loathing", etc.  It's childish and hard to take such
attitudes seriously.  The world moves on and doesn't care that you can't
adapt to the simplest of things.

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Adam D. Ruppe <destructionator at gmail.com>wrote:

> Tangentially related to this thread. I just went back to my work to-do
> list, which
> the rest of the team puts up on a Google Doc.
>
> I *loathe* Google Docs, for a lot of reasons. But one more: my X11
> selection
> doesn't work. This is with Firefox 3.6.
>
> In Linux, with most programs, you can select text, then middle click in a
> text
> input box to instantly paste it. This includes standard html text in the
> web browsers.
>
> ... but not Google Docs text. It highlights in a weird looking color, not
> matching
> the rest of my system. It lags as I drag or scroll. And it doesn't update
> the X
> selection, so when I middle click out of habit... the wrong thing happens.
> AAAAarrrrrrggggghhhh!
>
>
> Those javascript things never pay attention to details, and even those that
> do
> don't know the quirks of platforms or individual user setup, and even if
> they do
> know, there's nothing they can do about it!
>
>
> Now, if they just output a standard html document, these details would be
> handled
> properly. Firefox itself knows it is a Linux program, has access to the
> Linux
> APIs, and manages them somewhat well.
>
> Or if it was a standard doc, I could open it in my other browser and maybe
> it'd do
> a better job.
>
> But nope, open it in my no-script Konqueror 3.5, and it just says
>
> ===
> Google Docs is not supported in your browser.   Learn more   Dismiss
> ===
>
> And a blank screen under it. I can't even view the text, despite it being
> just
> text. Fucking garbage.
>
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