Why do I have to insert someone else's resume into my profile to change my copy paste settings??

Question

I just want to use copy/paste with my mouse.
Why can't you make it just a toggle in Firefox?
Why do I have to enter someone else's resume in my user.js file??
That makes even LESS sense.
For Firefox:
Quit Firefox. If you have Quick Launch running (in Windows, an icon in the toolbar), quit that too.
Find your Firefox profile directory.
Open the user.js file from that directory in a text editor. If there's no user.js file, create one.
Add these lines to user.js:
[edit: removed personal information]
Note: The preference is site as well as protocol specific. For example:
user_pref("capability.policy.allowclipboard.sites", "http://www.mozilla.org")
is not the same as:
user_pref("capability.policy.allowclipboard.sites", "https://www.mozilla.org")
This is because the first uses HTTP while the second uses HTTPS.
If you want to allow multiple URLs to access the Paste operation, separate the URLs with a space. For example:
user_pref("capability.policy.allowclipboard.sites",
"https://www.mozilla.org https://developer.mozilla.org")
For more information about security policies, see http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/components/ConfigPolicy.html.

Answer 1

Sorry about that. You can find the addons by using:
<br> Tools > Add-ons > Extensions
<br> "Extensions" is under the "Get Add-ons" item
Screenshot:
<br> http://www.3drotator.com/support/JavaFirefox12AddOnsManagerExtensions.jpg
I'm thinking maybe those sites use different text editors than other websites making copy and pasting outside of those webpages a PITA.
This site tries to explain how to do what you were trying to do earlier.
<br> http://www.infogears.com/cgi-bin/infogears/mozilla_firefox_copy_paste.html
<br>Which is to enable access to the clipboard (the place where copied items are stored) for these sites.
The addon [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/allowclipboard-helper/ AllowClipboard Helper] tries to fix this on websites like the ones you go to. But it can be tricky to setup. There's a good tip from one of the reviewer's of that addon by the guy named '''pewe''' ([https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/allowclipboard-helper/reviews/351658/ Link to review]).
So in Firefox, copying is blocked from certain text editors.
<br> This article tries to explain why Firefox does this:
<br> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Granting_JavaScript_access_to_the_clipboard
It works in Internet Explorer because they are not strict about this "Javascript access to clipboard" feature but Firefox is b/c they think it's a security risk since the website can read and copy whatever you put into the clipboard.
So long story short, certain websites use text editors that make it impossible to copy & paste stuff from them to other areas where you want to copy & paste. You could try all the stuff I mentioned above (although it's a bit nerdy) or you can save yourself the trouble/frustration and just use Internet Explorer when browsing these websites.
If you hate switching between IE & Firefox just to check a few sites, try the [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ie-tab-2-ff-36/ IE Tab addon]. It lets you use Internet Explorer inside Firefox by opening it in a special tab. Don't ask me how they do it. :P But it works.