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

schizoid

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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!
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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....
 
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!
 
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