I never thought this moment would come but Dave, I really regret that I cannot press the Thanks link on your post!

Just a BTW, Sailfish has finally implemented select and copy in their browser. It has been there for a few months already. It had taken them three years and it is still not working properly (e.g., it works only in the page but not in the edit boxes) but it is a start.

Maybe we can have a countdown to a real implementation?