If I could pick just one feature for Apple to add in iOS 17, it would be a system-wide clipboard history. (Or APIs that would allow third-party apps to implement a system-wide clipboard history, but I think sandboxing would make that impossible. Probably has to be an OS feature.)
@gruber yes, I have been saying this since 2008.. https://blog.codinghorror.com/reinventing-the-clipboard/
Reinventing the Clipboard

Over time, I've become something of a desktop mimimalist. Sure, I'll change a few settings to my liking, but I no longer spend a lot of time customizing my desktop configuration. I've learned that if the defaults aren't reasonably close to correct out of the box, then the software is

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@codinghorror @gruber A history would solve this, but I’ve always wanted a ‘swap’ function where I can swap whatever I have selected with whatever is in my copy buffer. Useful when moving things around a list.
@hepto @codinghorror @gruber Doesn’t emacs do that?