Posted by dorayme on 12/21/06 21:12

In article <r33ko2lqu3pan4kengi1q39jg402b43d81@4ax.com>,
Ed Seedhouse <eseedhouse@shaw.ca> wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:57:53 -0500, Carolyn Marenger
> <cajunk@marenger.com> wrote:
>
> >Jan PA1RQR wrote:
>
> >> I have made a homepage with a small javascript routine to suppress the
> >> visablility of the sourcecode when you press the right mousebutton, this
> >> is working in I.E.
> >> But in firefox the code is still visible.
> >> Q. How can I make the sourcecode not vissible when I press the right mouse
> >> button.
> >> Thanks for help. Jan (NL)
>
> >I doubt that it is possible, and even if it was, it could be bypassed quite
> >easily. Except as an experiment to see if you can do it, I wouldn't
> >bother. If the code is any good, it will get copied - nothing you can do
> >besides not publishing it.
>
> Considering that you must send the actual html source for the page to be
> displayed at all, and that the display device is normally a fairly high
> powered computer, the idea strikes me as both futile and silly.

It would be like company secrets and would doubtless benefit some
of those who did it. Not sure the description of silly or futile
is apt.

I would say it is a bad idea generally for similar reasons to
those that make it a good idea to have open source programs. But
there are arguments both ways on this issue. It may be that
companies would put more effort into development if their
operations were not quite so open.

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dorayme

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