Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 11/10/06 16:49

In alt.html, mantrid wrote:

> Hello
> Is there a way to prevent users copying

No. It is already on their computers, in the browser cache. There is
nothing you can do to anyone except an absolute n00b to keep them from
saving them elsewhere. Your efforts (such as the infamous no-right-click
script) only serve to annoy, and make you look like an amateur.

> a full size image from a web page.
> Displaying the image with a smaller width and height only affects the image
> as viewed, the actual full size image file is still downloaded. I know I can
> get around it by having two versions of an image, the full size one and a
> smaller on for display purposes. but is there a way around having to have
> two images and use the full ssize one and stop it being copied or if copied
> will only be a thumbnail?

You should not use HTML width and height to resize images. First, you
create long download times. Second, browsers do not gracefully resize
images.

Use two images, a thumbnail perhaps leading to a link to the full-sized
image. Consider putting a watermark on the full-size version.

--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

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