Why in the world do people have this "no right click" trick setup for??

example: www.rackshack.net

Cons
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It makes the user suffer.
It makes the user aggravated.
MOST IMPORTANTLY -> It doesnt work!!!!!! - there are many ways to get around it!

I think they do it under the presumption that it's going to protect their images from being ripped off (which it won't). Maybe they are just going out of their way to annoy the hell out of people who right to right click to open a link in a new window.

It's just poor design...

Greg Moore

hehe .. rackshack.net has it put in a frame, so a simple view source wont show u the code .... but .. if u have a windows keyboard, the 'select button' which is never used actually acts is useful as a right click that doesnt make a right click event. hehe...
there are so many workarounds i am surprised people actrually try to use it as a 'security feature' ..
nothing client side is safe. :)

Or you could just fire up a site copier and point it to the URL, sit back and wait for it all to become local. For that matter 'save as' from the browser works just as well.

Though I suppose people that rip off sites for their own use lack a lot of imagination so right click prevention is probably all that's really needed :D

Greg Moore

If you're using Netscape you can turn off JavaScript *after* the page loads and right-click all you want (with MSIE, I belive you have to restart the browser for the JavaScript setting to take affect).

Also, with MSIE if you hold down the Shift key it will open a link in a new window when you click it, regardless of whether there's one of those no-right-click deals.

It is a pointless little script. Any content thief will learn how to get around it in a week or less...

I guess the newbies just think it is neat... hehe

Tim L :cool:

Originally posted by IntelligentHosting.com
With MSIE, I belive you have to restart the browser for the JavaScript setting to take effect.

That's not correct with the latest versions of IE (5.0 and 5.5) - once you switch off scripting and save your options (and exit the boxes) all you would need to do is refresh the page and bingo, no JScript ;)

OR:

to view the source on a site that protect 3rd button but not 2nd button, simply click on the 2nd, click again and before releasing, click the 3rd button... voila you have the right click menu ;)

or the win98 menu with the rightclick key.

in general... its annoying for nothing.

Originally posted by allending
Why in the world do people have this "no right click" trick setup for??

example: www.rackshack.net

Cons
------
It makes the user suffer.
It makes the user aggravated.
MOST IMPORTANTLY -> It doesnt work!!!!!! - there are many ways to get around it!

What are you talking about? When I right click I see the normal right click menu.

Of all the pages in the world, why would RackShack have it? It's not like they have any cool images or any cool code that people would take. My guess is that a 14 year old has created their website. :)

This is the type of useless script one would expect to see on an AOL Hometown Page. I always right click to open a new window, it's just a habit and disabling it becomes really annoying! :D

Originally posted by superiorhost
Any content thief will learn how to get around it in a week or less...
Tim L :cool:

ROFL... a WEEK?

Originally posted by etLux


ROFL... a WEEK?

My sentiment exactly. More like an hour at the most (and only if he's a total newbie). :D

ROFL redux... a whole HOUR?!

Whatever "trick" they try to use to prevent the stealing of images will always be futile; as long as the images are displayed on the screen, one can always obtain screen captures.

Mark Vockler
Aletia Hosting

Originally posted by Mark Vockler
Whatever "trick" they try to use to prevent the stealing of images will always be futile; as long as the images are displayed on the screen, one can always obtain screen captures.


If you make a screen shot however, you would have to compress the image again -- if it's a JPEG for example, you'd probably lose quite a considerable amount of image quality.

I will normally use the "View Source" option, if that is unavailable then I would go for the plain text session to port 80 at the address, and if that fails, then the whole thing will be stored in your temporary internet files, lets face it, if you are seeing it on your screen then it has been downloaded.

The only problems i have had getting things from is Flash and Shockwave, for them im forced to use screenshot and antialias the screenshots.

Useless javascript isn't going to do anything more than annoy the majority of your visitors that would even notice and just maybe slow someone that's looking to swipe an image by a few seconds. I usually see this trick used by people that just don't have much of a clue and are paranoid about people taking their stuff. Either way I hate it when people steal other's work. Originality really makes the web a more interesting place and should be applied more often.