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How does this affect site usability and Search Engine friendliness.
How good is it to have right click disabled on IMAGES only to protect your images for easy theft.
It's NOT good.
One, there are many other USEFUL functions that arise from a right-click, such as opening a link in a new window/new tab. This is extremely annoying on two levels: I can't access the content in my normal method, and the idea that someone is trying to control my actions is offensive.
Two, it doesn't protect your images at all, not one bit. Select View->Source, type the URL to the image, done deal, or just dig around the temporary files in the browser cache.
Bottom line is that "right-click disable" is more likely to annoy than protect.
rocknbil said: [T]here are many other USEFUL functions that arise from a right-click....
rocknbil said: ...it doesn't protect your images at all, not one bit.
Eliz.
I have tried to oppen a link on an image in a new window and received the message "#$%^&* off and stop trying to steal my content". If I had not needed to visit that page I would have left the site imediately. I still wouldn't go back there because of it.
If someone wants to steal your content they can always do it. There ARE ways of preventing this, but that is NOT one of them.
You can achieve this by creating a 1x1 pixel transparent gif (1x1.gif) and using the following code (for a 130x140 px image called image.jpg):
<img src="1x1.gif" style="width:130px;height:140px;background-image:url('image.jpg');"><div style="background-image:url('image.jpg');"><img src="1x1.gif" style="width:130px;height:140px;"></div>
It's NOT good.One, there are many other USEFUL functions that arise from a right-click, such as opening a link in a new window/new tab. This is extremely annoying on two levels: I can't access the content in my normal method, and the idea that someone is trying to control my actions is offensive.
Two, it doesn't protect your images at all, not one bit. Select View->Source, type the URL to the image, done deal, or just dig around the temporary files in the browser cache.
Bottom line is that "right-click disable" is more likely to annoy than protect.
I refer to disable Right Click on the IMAGES only. The right click on other part of the web page will work as usual.
An astonishing percentage of the people scraping sites and snagging images are so dull-witted that they honestly can't figure out how to get around no-right-click scripts.
Got stats? :-D If they can figure out how to right-click, they can figure out how to view source and enter the URL in the address bar. Or better yet, figure out how to turn off Javascript.
i would suggest watermarking your images with your website address, this does detract a little and can be removed with work but will generally prevent most theft.
How good is it to have right click disabled on IMAGES only to protect your images for easy theft.
It's not good. It's pathetic.
If you don't want people copying your images, don't publish them on the web.
Matt
If you don't want people copying your images, don't publish them on the web.
That's a bit extreme. Copyright owners have the right to publish things and expect them not to be copied.
I do agree though that trying to stop people copying them is futile.
I would go down a different route though and try licensing your images with a creative commons license. At least this way people are more likely to credit you as the owner/source and you may even get some quality backlinks from them to boot.
rocknbil said: If they can figure out how to right-click, they can figure out how to view source and enter the URL in the address bar. Or better yet, figure out how to turn off Javascript.
But that sure wasn't what they were saying in their irate e-mails....
Eliz.
