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On the flip side. Everything after the "/" can be omitted if you don't care about a specific type being retruend. Jetpack will choose an available match given a possibly arbitrary ordering MIME-types (e.g., if you pass in "image" Jetpack may return a "png"). This enables an author to simple write <code>var img = jetpack.os.clipboard.get( "image" );</code> and not have to worry about what particular image format the clipboard was storing the image in. | On the flip side. Everything after the "/" can be omitted if you don't care about a specific type being retruend. Jetpack will choose an available match given a possibly arbitrary ordering MIME-types (e.g., if you pass in "image" Jetpack may return a "png"). This enables an author to simple write <code>var img = jetpack.os.clipboard.get( "image" );</code> and not have to worry about what particular image format the clipboard was storing the image in. | ||
Odd footnote: It appears in the documentation for the clipboard on MDC that there exists a "text/unicode" flavor. However, I can find no mention of it in the Internet media type spec. | ''Odd footnote: It appears in the documentation for the clipboard on MDC that there exists a "text/unicode" flavor. However, I can find no mention of it in the Internet media type spec.'' | ||