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[Apoorva Sharma <appi2012@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry for taking this even further off track, but...

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 1:24 PM, fain182 <fain182@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I think should be something global, not local to an application,
> because this wouldn't solve the problem of discoverability of the
> click on the track, and of all the applications that doesn't have an
> edit menu.
>

+1

Furthermore, I'm just wondering how many people have copied something to
paste it later, and then accidentally copied something else, causing the
intended information to be lost?

Also, I am really annoyed when I copy something from one application, close
it, and then try to paste it somewhere else. This is ridiculous! Why is
copy/paste application centric?

For these reasons, I think a simple clipboard indicator would be a good step
forward:

   1. It would store data independently from applications.
   2. It would store recent copied data, so you could copy two things, and
   paste them both.
   3. It would be a menu that listed the copied data, and would paste the
   data when the corresponding menu item is clicked.
   4. It would allow global indication of whether there is something ready
   to be pasted:
      1. A transparent state means no data
      2. A green state means recently copied data (maybe slowly fade over
      time)
      3. A sold white state means old data.

Regarding the original thread, with such an indicator, a click of the track
would cause the clipboard indicator to become a solid green, and thus the
user would know something was copied. A simple click (or even menu scrub)
over to the clipboard indicator would show exactly what was copied, and
voila, the user has discovered the functionality.

What do you think?**