Disabling XP's save feature?

[ziffgone]

Hi folks. I'm new here and have a question. I'm looking to help my brother out. He has a webpage devoted to his photography and doesn't want to have people stealing his pictures. I've come across javascripts that disable right clicking and saving on pics and that's all fine and dandy if the browser has Javascripting enabled. Is there a way to completely disable rightclick saving? Also, and this is probably harder to do; Windows XP has a little feature that when you move your cursor over a picture, a little tool bar comes up giving you the options to save, print, e-mail etc. Is there a way to disable this feature on your webpage? Hey, thanks for any help you can give.

[pyro]

The only way to protect your images is to never put them online in the first place. Even if you disable right click (only possible in javascript enabled browsers), remove the image toolbar (IE6), etc, people can still print the screen, save the entire page, get the image out of their temp files, view the source and get a direct link to the image, etc. The best bet to protect you images if you put them online is to watermark them....

Anyway, here's how to disable the IE6 image toolbar:

For all images: <meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no">

For individual images: <img src="test.gif" galleryimg="no">

[lora_3677]

hey pyro.. ok, i'm going to ask even though i most likely think i know the answer... (the only stupid question is one not asked, right? ok, sometimes they are stupid when asked)...
you mentioned that you can 'watermark' your images... are you suggesting to set the images as a 'background' with a transparent layer over top as a graphic? because you could still enable your printer to print backgrounds.... just wondering if there is another little sweet trick up that sleeve of yours..

and like you said, the only way to truly protect them is to not put them online.

[pyro]

No, while what you mentioned is an option, what I was talking about was adding the layer in a graphics program. This way, even if they save the image, they will have to (tediously) remove the watermark. Generally, when one watermarks an image, it is in a corner, usually lower right. You can add some copyright info, etc. Basically, enough to help discourage anyone from stealing your images.

[lora_3677]

oh, ok... i understand now. i really don't have a use for that right now, but it's an option to keep in mind.