> I believe it would be appropriate to discuss methods of protecting > photos on this mailing list, so I welcome comments. Here is the URL for > the webpage I made. > > http://grandpacliff.com/Animals/Albinos-TEST.htm > > Cliff Lamere A javascript like that will stop the majority of people, but it's still easy to get around. All you have to do is choose "View source" from the IE menu bar and find the photos' urls in the source. Then you paste the url in the address bar, hit "enter" and there's the photo in right-clickable/save-able form. For example, here's the direct link to the lovebird: http://grandpacliff.com/Animals/Img-Animals/Img-Albinos/albino-lovebird-b.jpg It's not possible to completely block a knowledgeable user. They can always go to the browser's cache file while the window's open and move the files to another directory... Larry
Firefox busted right through with a simple right side click. nothing to stop Firefox users. David samuelsen Larry Slavens wrote: >>I believe it would be appropriate to discuss methods of protecting >>photos on this mailing list, so I welcome comments. Here is the URL for >>the webpage I made. >> >>http://grandpacliff.com/Animals/Albinos-TEST.htm >> >>Cliff Lamere > > > A javascript like that will stop the majority of people, but it's still easy to > get around. All you have to do is choose "View source" from the IE menu bar and > find the photos' urls in the source. Then you paste the url in the address bar, > hit "enter" and there's the photo in right-clickable/save-able form. For > example, here's the direct link to the lovebird: > > http://grandpacliff.com/Animals/Img-Animals/Img-Albinos/albino-lovebird-b.jpg > > It's not possible to completely block a knowledgeable user. They can always go > to the browser's cache file while the window's open and move the files to > another directory... > > Larry > > > ==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb's mailing lists are filtered and attachments are removed. A virus that is distributed as an attachment will not reach you through a RootsWeb mailing list. For further information about Viruses, Trojans, Worms etc., go please to: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/virus.html. Think to keep your Anti-Virus up-to-date! > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >