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Posted by dorayme on 01/22/06 00:56
In article <Pine.WNT.4.64.0601211150190.1996@ZORIN>,
"Alan J. Flavell" <flavell@physics.gla.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Jan 2006, Joe Barta wrote:
>
> > I see you got a lot of replies... none of them very useful ;-)
>
> Depends what you mean by "useful".
It was clear enough at that point. The answers were likely not
very informative to the actual OP up to then. Joe's page gives
information about the issue, it talks about the limitations and
has a nice basic honesty. I thought it unfair for you to go on
about him "fooling" people.
> >
> > http://www.pagetutor.com/no_right_click/
>
> If the questioner really does need to "try this", they would be
> wasting their time. The idea only works for people who have so little
> interest in the problem that they couldn't be bothered to steal the
> images anyway. About as useful as locking the door and putting the
> key under the doormat - right where any burglar would look for it.
>
You are making this up. You don't know at all that there would
not be quite some people usefully put off by these techniques.
Useful at the very least in the eyes of the OP. Better than
nothing.
> All the longwinded stuff on your page about viewing the source and
> deducing the URL of the image is just bluster: in my browser, to take
> just one example, the disable-javascript option would be just a click
> away, for those who don't already have their browser set to one of the
> more-secure options (there's a specific preferences checkbox for
> defeating those annoying web pages which attempt to interfere with the
> context menu).
That you and others 'in the know" can do this and that and the
other thing in one click does not make his remarks bluster.
>
> OK: as invited by your posting, I "tried" it. And here's the context
> menu, offering all the usual options:
>
> http://ppewww.ph.gla.ac.uk/~flavell/tests/barta.jpg
>
> Yes, I recognise that the cited "tutorial" page contains some low-key
> warnings about the procedure "not working as well as you might think".
> But I still think it's wrong to tell naive questioners to put their
> front door key in the place where burglars are going to look for it,
> with only limited warnings about how ineffective it's going to be.
>
You have an inappropriately heavy and narrow perspective on this
matter. The pictures that are seen by the OP as needing
protection might not be considered as valuable and sheerly
private as the contents of one's own house.
> cheers
hmm...
--
dorayme
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