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 *An easier way to edit and update Firefox's dictionary without manually going into persdict.dat.
-== Clipboard ==
+== Clipboard: A Modified Copy/Paste Functionality ==
-I noticed a few problems with Firefox's ability to copy and paste, so I suggest that we add a clipboard, like Microsoft's, to Firefox.
+What a clipboard would do:
+*Firefox should add all objects we copy into a clipboard.
+*The clipboard is accessible via a sidebar.
+*Double-clicking an entry on the clipboard pastes the item, if appropriate.
+*The clipboard is cleared after every session.
+*A user can "merge" items on the clipboard. What this means is that a user can select multiple items on the clipboard (the same way multiple icons are selected on a desktop: using the Ctrl/Cmd key) and consolidate them into one item. This is for simplicity purposes, ie a user wants to paste everything on Firefox's clipboard into an external application.
+Notes:
+*Ideally, a clipboard should hold as many entries as possible.
+*Unlike the floating clipboard in Microsoft Office programs, the clipboard should behave as a sidebar or toolbar.
+*The clipboard does not affect copy and paste in any way. It merely pastes all instances of copying into its memory. Pasting an item from the clipboard merely copies the item from the history and pastes it, as if the user did it manually.
+*The order of the items on a clipboard can be sorted via up/down buttons.