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Subject: Changes to the Gallery - Small step for protection

tammymc opened this issue on Aug 12, 2003 ยท 173 posts


elizabyte posted Wed, 13 August 2003 at 2:31 AM

Disabling right click doesn't stop anyone who's determined. It might momentarily deter some of the "bored mommy tube makers" out there, or some really clueless sorts, but other than that its no more effective than clearing your throat at them. I think it's good to have as an OPTION. Let the artist choose if they want it or not. Maybe it could be something that's added like allowing comments or ratings. Tick the box, the server writes in the NRC code...? I do realize that it impedes right-click navigation (this is something I use a LOT, so it definitely affects me), but it's possible to find/write JavaScript that will only cause the NRC to work when an image is clicked, but nothing else (In fact, I've got some JavaScript that does precisely that and works in as many browsers as any NRC script does). Using it in the gallery where the thumbnails is... That's overkill. For pity's sake, they steal a thumbnail, big deal. I'm not at all soft on art thieves, particularly when they sell the stuff or claim they made it for some kind of false praise elsewhere, but how much damage can someone do to any artist by stealing a thumbnail? The best they could do with it would be use it as an avatar or something, and if you're THAT concerned, you can fancy up the thumbnail with a border and a logo and all that stuff that some folks do. So I'd say take it OFF the main gallery pages where the images are thumbnailed. That's just annoying and it's useless. For the individual pages, let the artist choose if they want it or not, and look into a script that only disables right clicks when the actual image is clicked. bonni

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