Java (or something) program to display pictures (to disable saving)

[schizoid]

I was wondering if there were any java (flash perhaps?) applets out there that do nothing more than display pictures. I just want to discourage the saving of the pictures. It doesn't have to be foolproof, but just a little so they won't get stuck in the cache and aren't right-click saveable. Any ideas?

Thanks!

 

[notfred]

I hate when people do stupid stuff like that, so even if I knew of one, I wouldn't tell you.

 

[JonTheBaller]

Screenshot? Really, why waste your time doing that? Java applets will just mean your site takes longer to load. If someone wants to get your picture, they'll find a way.

 

[schizoid]

Well, I know they do. And I know ( I thought I mentioned this) that it wouldn't be fool proof...but the audience for this isn't exactly the type of people that would have screencap programs running in your tray. And I don't quite understand why you guys hate this sort of thing anyway...it's not like I'm advertising the site al over, and then shaking my finger saying "uh-uh...you guys can't save my pictures. HAHAH!"

Whatevs.

 

[joinT]

If you just wanna stop the average joe schmo internet user - just use a javascript. Smart people will turn javascript off - but many people don't know enough to do that.

 

[schizoid]

Originally posted by: joinT
If you just wanna stop the average joe schmo internet user - just use a javascript. Smart people will turn javascript off - but many people don't know enough to do that.

I don't really understand what you mean. I mean, even if a JS is used to display the pictures, couldn't they still be right clicked? I'm thinking of making them into a flash slideshow or something. That'd work. But I thought if there was a pre-made Java/JS thing for this that I'd just use that.

Thanks for the input though....

 

[sirfergy]

You could use javascript to disable right clicking.

 

[schizoid]

Originally posted by: sirfergy
You could use javascript to disable right clicking.

Hmmm...

I didn't know JS could do that. That's a good idea. Then I'd just have to hope they didn't bother to look at the source and load the images directly (unless there's a good way of doing that too).

But I think I might go with flash. I looked at some Jave slideshow stuff, and they're nice, but it still caches the images...so unless there's a way to disable caching on the server side, flash might be the only way to do it.

Thanks!