Right click on images

[paul]

Does it good idea to disable Right Click on Images?

[kev woodman]

No. You should never disable an expected behaviour it is one of the fundamental tenets of usability.

[paul]

hmm.. Is there a less controversial solution for protecting images or source code?

[Pumazooma]

Yeah it's so easy to get around that it's a bit pointless. Why not just watermark the images?

[kev woodman]

Spot on Puma - and you should be generous with your source code.

[Peter]

Even if you do disable right click on images, it could be a big turn off for your site's visitors. Even with right click disabled, one can still highlight the image and select copy from the menu bar anyway, so is not much of a deterrant.

[harry]

As far as nevigation of site is concerned " Disabling right click " is not preferred.
It may irritate your visitor who use right clicks for getting back or move forward within your site.

[chris]

Certainly not Paul, the navigation of the site should be as per the visitor’s convenience and it should be user friendly IMO.

[harry]

Paul, to make right click disable you have to use some java script and some special behaviors,
which may not be search engine friendly, so your pages using such script would be in trouble while indexing by google.

[paul]

Well, using javascript it can display page are copyrighted and not available for download when some one try to copy that image but even it can not protect the image, I think I should use some specialized software. Thanls all for your response !

[harry]

Originally Posted by paul

Well, using javascript it can display page are copyrighted and not available for download when some one try to copy that image but even it can not protect the image

Javascript are just used for some special purpose and is not at all connected with copyright law.
For copy protecting your images you can try for a free licenses from 'Creative Commons' at http://creativecommons.org/

[kev woodman]

Anyone who knows what they're doing is going to just pull your image from their browser cache anyway so it doesn't matter what client-side obstacles you put in their way.

[jon123]

I agree with Kev, if they want the image there is nothing you can do to stop it. Print screen captures any image visible in the browser. (except flash)
That said, you can deter many people by watermarking or something I use all the time: Create a transparent image same size as your image, overlay the image with your transparency. When they right click and copy your image, all they get is a blank image.

[kev woodman]

Watermarks are a very sensible approach although I think there's an argument for saying that if you are prepared to upload something to the Web then you should just accept that others can use it.

[Celestialvie]

i don't really like the idea of disabling right click. as a webdesigner, i find it too immmature. i mean, if these images are really not allowed to be posted anyway due to copyright issues, then why not place a text on the image with the company name or something. or do watermark. Makes me think that the owner is too paranoid.