Hi all,

Forgive my late entrance on this one - been working stupid hours all 
week transferring our huge website from one dodgy NT box to another 
(which gave the same problems, surprise surprise) and finally moved it 
all over to a Linux box (which just sits there and serves, no 
problems).


Anyway, to add to the "No-right click" script arguments, it's even 
easier to get round them than turning off Javascript.  Most right-click 
scripts only respond to a single click of the right mouse button - your 
solution?  Press and hold the left mouse button over the image, now 
click the right one.  With most no-right click scripts, they won't 
block it and you'll get your right-click menu.

I have to agree with everyone, the ONLY 100% secure way to stop someone 
from taking your copy/images/code etc from the web is not to put it on 
the web in the first place.  Most techniques used in an attempt to stop 
it don't work, they just infuriate the user or cause big browser 
incompatibility problems.  Some techniques make it harder for absolute 
newbies to take your image, but I'd imagine for most people with at 
least some computer knowledge, trying to stop them from taking the 
images is probably going to be seen as a challenge, and they'll try 
even harder to do it.

Probably the best solution, if they are sample graphics, would be to put 
"SAMPLE" across the image, so it's pretty much useless for anyone to 
have.

Even PDFs, which have access controls and everything, can't stop you 
from getting the images in them.  A simple screen grab (Alt + Print 
Screen, copy into your graphics program, crop it down) will always do 
the job.


Cheers all


Dave P



On Monday 21 October 2002 12:23 am, Cheryl D. Wise wrote:
> You can't.
>
> No right click scripts don't do the job. All they do is annoy
> visitors and cause them to leave your site never to return. Also it
> only works in browsers with javascript enabled. I know people think
> that it will deter "newbies" but the 2 biggest newbies I know don't
> use the right click menu to save anything.
>
> They either go File|Save as or left click to highlight and Edit|Copy
> then open graphics program and "paste".
>
> All anyone has to do is look in their cache and there is the image
> file already on their machine.
>
> I use the right click menu extensively for navigation (open in new
> window), you also disable functions you want people to use such as
> "create shortcut" or "add to favorites".
>
> See http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/web1/how_do_i_stop_downloading.htm
> for why it is a bad idea to disable right click and other more
> effective ways of deterring "image theft".
>
> Cheryl D. Wise
> WiserWays
> Office: 713.353.0139
> Mobile: 713.412.0406
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>

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