Mozilla Browser - Websites blocking right click

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Websites blocking right click

Dan

2007-09-03, 1:14 pm

Using FF 1.5.1.12. I'm looking at an online database of antique auction
results through my local library's homepage. I have the "mouse gestures"
extension, one of which I use to page back. Trying this on the page in
question, I get an error "Sorry, you don't have permission to right click".
Excuse me? I don't have "PERMISSION"?!? I've seen this occasionally on
other web sites, I assume this is some Java script thing to prevent image
saving. That's not what I was doing, and not that there are ways around
that even if I were, but the notion that a page can control what I/my
browser has "permission" to do rubs me the wrong way. Is there any way to
have the browser NOT conform to such limitations?

TIA

Dan

Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo

2007-09-03, 1:14 pm

Dan wrote:
> Using FF 1.5.1.12. I'm looking at an online database of antique auction
> results through my local library's homepage. I have the "mouse gestures"
> extension, one of which I use to page back. Trying this on the page in
> question, I get an error "Sorry, you don't have permission to right click".
> Excuse me? I don't have "PERMISSION"?!? I've seen this occasionally on
> other web sites, I assume this is some Java script thing to prevent image
> saving. That's not what I was doing, and not that there are ways around
> that even if I were, but the notion that a page can control what I/my
> browser has "permission" to do rubs me the wrong way. Is there any way to
> have the browser NOT conform to such limitations?
>
> TIA
>
> Dan
>
>

some websites have the power to disable right clicking.
They're afraid you might steal their pics and their web
content. However, in Firefox, you have the option to
disable that function. Sometimes it works, other times it
doesn't.

So, I don't remember the javascript settings are in FF 1.5x,
but it could be something like [for FF 2.x] Tools, Options,
Content, click on the Advanced button to Javascript.
Uncheck the option for "Disable or replace context menus."
Like I said, I don't know where exactly the Javascript
options are, but look around for them.

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Doug G

2007-09-03, 1:14 pm

Dan

2007-09-04, 7:13 pm

"Doug G" <doug4179@att.net> wrote in message
news:g7UCi.5328$z_5.60@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com...
> Dan wrote:
>
> Try the "restore context menu" bookmarklet from
> https://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/zap.html

Doug & Peter - Thanks for the replies, I'll check out your recommendations.

Dan

Justin

2007-09-04, 7:13 pm

Dan wrote on [Sun, 2 Sep 2007 19:32:54 -0700]:
> Using FF 1.5.1.12. I'm looking at an online database of antique auction
> results through my local library's homepage. I have the "mouse gestures"
> extension, one of which I use to page back. Trying this on the page in
> question, I get an error "Sorry, you don't have permission to right click".
> Excuse me? I don't have "PERMISSION"?!? I've seen this occasionally on
> other web sites, I assume this is some Java script thing to prevent image
> saving. That's not what I was doing, and not that there are ways around
> that even if I were, but the notion that a page can control what I/my
> browser has "permission" to do rubs me the wrong way. Is there any way to
> have the browser NOT conform to such limitations?

Disabling right click is retarded. If a user wants an image all the need
to do is view the source. Duh

Ralph Fox

2007-09-05, 7:13 am

On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:14:02 -0500, in message <slrnfdrplq.2v3.nospam@debian.dns2go.com>,
Justin wrote:

> Dan wrote on [Sun, 2 Sep 2007 19:32:54 -0700]:
>
> Disabling right click is retarded. If a user wants an image all the need
> to do is view the source. Duh

The image URL may be generated on the fly by javascript or xslt,
and not hard-coded in the page source. The usual way of viewing
the source, "View -> Page Source", will not reveal the image in
cases like these.

It isn't clear whether you have considered this. If you have,
your answer should describe "view the source" a little better.

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Cheers,
Ralph

John Thompson

2007-09-05, 7:13 pm

On 2007-09-04, Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> wrote:

> Disabling right click is retarded. If a user wants an image all the need
> to do is view the source. Duh

Somethimes the image source is obfuscated by using javascript to
generate the URL in response to a click.

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Crush Evil

2007-09-25, 7:12 am

On Sep 2, 7:32 pm, "Dan" <n...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Using FF 1.5.1.12.

luddite!

> question, I get an error "Sorry, you don't have permission to right click".

ah, hubris, good stuff.

That webmaster is trying to relate "I want to put my media on display
to the public, and though I might not realize the image you see is
currently stored on your machine's cache I would prefer you not
download my image to view in a way other than I intend"

NoScript.net -- why aren't you running it??

> Excuse me? I don't have "PERMISSION"?!? I've seen this occasionally on

GreaseMonkey: take back your rights. UserScripts.org has several
solutions to your plight.

> that even if I were, but the notion that a page can control what I/my

edit your JS preferences.

> have the browser NOT conform to such limitations?

and/or add
Controle de Scripts by Fernando Pereira Silveira
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1154

God bless questioners

Chris Davies

2007-10-12, 7:12 am

John Thompson <john@vector.os2.dhs.org> wrote:
> Somethimes the image source is obfuscated by using javascript to
> generate the URL in response to a click.

So look at web proxy logs - or use the live http headers extension. None
of this is difficult, and it simply shows how easy it is to bypass
attempts to stop image downloading.

Chris

John Thompson

2007-10-13, 1:13 am

On 2007-10-12, Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> wrote:

> John Thompson <john@vector.os2.dhs.org> wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> So look at web proxy logs - or use the live http headers extension. None
> of this is difficult, and it simply shows how easy it is to bypass
> attempts to stop image downloading.

Agr4eed, but it's an extra step many people do not know to use. One can
simply use a javascript bookmarklet:

http://javascript.about.com/library/blright.htm

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John (john@os2.dhs.org)

Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo

2007-10-13, 7:13 am

John Thompson wrote:
> On 2007-10-12, Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>
> Agr4eed, but it's an extra step many people do not know to use. One can
> simply use a javascript bookmarklet:
>
> http://javascript.about.com/library/blright.htm
>
>

but you don't need a bookmarklet to do that. Just click on
Tools, Options, Content, and make sure that javascript is
checked, then click on the advanced button for it and you
want to make sure that "Disable or replace context menus" is
unchecked.

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