diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/dropzone.js b/core/modules/widgets/dropzone.js
index 5c800f75a..1e35b4533 100644
--- a/core/modules/widgets/dropzone.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/dropzone.js
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ DropZoneWidget.prototype.importData = function(dataTransfer) {
 };
 
 DropZoneWidget.prototype.importDataTypes = [
+	{type: "text/vnd.tiddler", convertToFields: function(data) {
+		return JSON.parse(data);
+	}},
 	{type: "URL", convertToFields: function(data) {
 		// check for tiddler data URI
 		var match = decodeURI(data).match(/^data\:text\/vnd\.tiddler,(.*)/i);
@@ -128,15 +131,12 @@ DropZoneWidget.prototype.importDataTypes = [
 			};
 		}
 	}},
-	{type: "Text", convertToFields: function(data) {
+	{type: "text/plain", convertToFields: function(data) {
 		return {
 			text: data
 		};
 	}},
-	{type: "text/vnd.tiddler", convertToFields: function(data) {
-		return JSON.parse(data);
-	}},
-	{type: "text/plain", convertToFields: function(data) {
+	{type: "Text", convertToFields: function(data) {
 		return {
 			text: data
 		};
diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/link.js b/core/modules/widgets/link.js
index ff5338ce0..47dbda61b 100755
--- a/core/modules/widgets/link.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/link.js
@@ -129,8 +129,10 @@ LinkWidget.prototype.handleDragStartEvent = function(event) {
 			dataTransfer.setDragImage(this.dragImage.firstChild,-16,-16);
 		}
 		dataTransfer.clearData();
-		dataTransfer.setData("text/vnd.tiddler",this.wiki.getTiddlerAsJson(this.to));
-		dataTransfer.setData("text/plain",this.wiki.getTiddlerText(this.to,""));
+		if(!(/msie|trident/i.test(navigator.userAgent))) {
+			dataTransfer.setData("text/vnd.tiddler",this.wiki.getTiddlerAsJson(this.to));
+			dataTransfer.setData("text/plain",this.wiki.getTiddlerText(this.to,""));
+		}
 		dataTransfer.setData("URL","data:text/vnd.tiddler," + encodeURI(this.wiki.getTiddlerAsJson(this.to)));
 		dataTransfer.setData("Text",this.wiki.getTiddlerText(this.to,""));
 		event.stopPropagation();