Comment 16 for bug 799603

Supposed to be private yes. And it's not the first function which was the only way to use a feature for a long time. Another example would be webkit_web_frame_print which actually became public afterall. You can't exactly argue to not have access to the clipboard or printing.

If you build with >= 1.4.3 it's no longer an issue. I don't intend to take away features from older versions now.