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Joy
Good judgement comes from bad experiences.
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Post by Joy on Jun 18, 2006 15:23:32 GMT -8
As the admin, I have used right click to check the properties when I think members have copied an image someone else searched for and then pasted it into their album.
I have found that and had to inform members not to take a graphic that is from someone elses online album and to go out and take the time to search for their own graphics. In that process I have to explain copyright and taking the wrong graphics.
It takes time and it gets tireing sometimes, but after a while the newbies have learned more about using their computers. Most of my members came to the board with only a basic knowledge of emails. I now have several of them creating their own graphics through silly little contests. Most are amateurish, but a couple have gone to what looks like professional creation at this point. As to the question, I vote no for a No Right click option.
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Soul-Divider
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Post by Soul-Divider on Jun 20, 2006 4:15:59 GMT -8
I personally dislike them. Anyone who knows what their doing knows that th images are all downloaded into your temporary internet folder anyway. Or even just look at the source and copy the URL into the address bar. Or just use the &NOHEADERS=1 method to bypass the code entirely (sorry if you feel I'm telling people how to do these things, but you should be made aware thta no code can stop a dettermined person) Still if you ever catch them, then you can ask for their forum to be deleted anyway, so why bother? Also they're rather intrusive, especially if your just right clicking for the sake of opening in a new window, or even "show image" on a broken one, or the ultimate irony of add to favorites via the right click option  |
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"Don't try to be original, just try to be good." - Paul Rand
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Post by webmaren on Jun 21, 2006 16:52:01 GMT -8
It is just a waste of time to put that kind of code into your forum. Like it has been said, you can just disable the headers, or view the source, or check your cache, or disable javascript. Anybody with half a weeks' worth of knowledge on proboards and the internet could work around that kind of code (no offense intended). You could even use greasemonkey to block those codes if you have firefox. It's like trying to protect your computer from hacking/viruses by not downloading files. It stops only the most pathetic amatuers.
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Post by wwefan91 on Jul 11, 2006 12:27:40 GMT -8
I only use the no right click for images. there is a code for it. I can always right click, just not on any image.
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Post by mrsyukisohma on Jul 11, 2006 12:45:04 GMT -8
A lot of you guys are wrong when you say "many people know that images are downloaded into your temporary folder" or other people know how to get images aside from right clicking. It's true that a lot of people out there have learned to go around it, which is a really sad thing, but there are still plenty of people that don't.
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Post by Shentino on Jul 11, 2006 14:00:49 GMT -8
I much prefer custom PHP scripts that check HTTP-Referer  Javascript gives you bupkis on security, since it can always be disabled by the client's browser. |
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Post by Isaac on Jul 11, 2006 19:13:57 GMT -8
I use the 'No right click code' for images on my site, a popup box comes up and tells people to contact me if they want to use any of the images. I prefer this code as it protects my site. What's your site; I bet you $10 I can get your image URLs anyway. Right click codes are useless, and just make people angry. Get a REAL host for your images, and then enable hotlink protection. Problem solved. |
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Post by wwefan91 on Jul 12, 2006 9:46:27 GMT -8
I use the 'No right click code' for images on my site, a popup box comes up and tells people to contact me if they want to use any of the images. I prefer this code as it protects my site. What's your site; I bet you $10 I can get your image URLs anyway. Right click codes are useless, and just make people angry. Get a REAL host for your images, and then enable hotlink protection. Problem solved. I know they can still get the images URLs, but again, some people don't know that they can get them even with a code that disables right click. |
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Post by jaybad on Jul 13, 2006 8:51:54 GMT -8
In most cases, no right-click codes are just annoying. Like a few people mentioned, right clicking is very useful for: opening things in a new window, refreshing, going back, etc. I sometimes even just right-click intentionally which, when using a no right-click code, will result in a pop-up window and a rather annoying noise.
But sometimes its useful. I had a friend who would have had to pay and extra $15 a month because people were direct linking to the images in her gallery and wasting her bandwidth. But she simply added a no right click code and the problem was fixed.
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Dr Evil
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im stikin to juice
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Post by Dr Evil on Jul 13, 2006 9:13:06 GMT -8
i will quote cody here
i think he hit the nail on the head there there is no point in them as it wont stop people.
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Post by Former Member on Jul 13, 2006 9:22:14 GMT -8
I use no right click on my forum, but there are some browsers that ignore this script, I'm not going to mention their names here as this could encourage some people.
I just wanted to say to Soul-Divider, who said:
its not always other forum owners who do this, I have my own torquay united fans forum, where i posted an image i had taken of our last game of the season, crowd celebrations, etc. I later found my pic on another web site. I got it to be removed in the end. But I would like to say that a non right click protected forum is at no more risk than a protected one, you just need to make the thieves aware of the consequences of stealing images from their owner(s)
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Post by Shentino on Aug 3, 2006 11:18:45 GMT -8
Absolutely NOTHING that is implemented clientside (like javascript) can be trusted with security.
I have myself bypassed a "no delete" code by making use of a raw URL. I only did this to fix a stupid typo without pestering the mods, but the fact remains that I was still able to bypass an administrative fiat.
Client side ANYTHING is subject to being interpreted by arbitrary code that can in reality do anything it wants to. Ethix's "forum rescue" program is just one example.
Hotlink protection isn't reliable because "HTTP-REFERER" is sent by the client, not memorized by the server. I myself, on linux, have a program called "elinks" that can send bogus referer codes.
Client side stuff is a "loud thundering bark with no bite" type of convenience, not a hard protection against crackers.
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BrickByBrick
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Post by BrickByBrick on Aug 3, 2006 14:57:43 GMT -8
I hate these codes. Especially when I want to copy a mini button URL or I want to open one of their affiliates up in a new window. Sure, it does prevent people from stealing their stuff, however it makes it harder to do simple things like some of the above. I don't know, personally, I don't like them
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daniel
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Post by daniel on Aug 5, 2006 14:52:44 GMT -8
I would just use a quality host and have a .htaccess file to restrict use of images to that specific site. That way, noone can hotlink the images. That prevents the web newbies from just copying the URL into their admin panel.
The other problem, with people copying the images and rehosting it, is more insidious and can't be helped at all with a no-right-click. The people who have enough technical competence to cut and paste from a print screen or check their temp files for the images and then rehost them are not tricked by a no-right-click code.
So, in conclusion- it's almost entirely useless and the hassle caused to legitimate use far outweighs the small benefit of protecting images from true newbs who would just as easily be thwarted by a .htaccess file.
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Post by D.D on Aug 5, 2006 16:23:04 GMT -8
My sugestion is not to use them...
First of all, they just add more code and slow down the forum.
and they don't really work as daniel mentioned. If someone really want something from ur site, there is no way to prevent it.
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