[callmeed]

This is super interesting because we've had to deal with it for a long time. In fact, "I don't want my images stolen" was one of the main objections we had when trying to get website customers to move from Flash to HTML5 (even post-iPad).

We still give customers the option to disable right-clicking. It might annoy users, but they don't seem to care. Many will still not upload images above 600px on the long side.

The demo isn't great because there's some visible flickering. I also can't tell if the image looks like crap because it's a crappy image or because of the techniques used. Would love to see a demo with a real-ish image (say, a high-quality image that's 900 pixels wide).

[yulaow]

Each time I see a site with right-click blocked I put that site on my black list. Really is one of the most annoying thing ever made on the internet. Surpassed only when you block right-click AND bind the right-click with a popup that says "sorry you can't right-click on our site for yyyyy purposes".

[Someone1234]

Indeed. Plus many of those sites inadvertently break the middle mouse button which I use for scrolling, and several laptop/touchpad dedicated scroll buttons.

It just feels childish to me. Everyone knows that you cannot protect an image by binding to the right mouse button event, but yet they continue to do it anyway. It is trivial to bypass and just annoys legitimate "customers."

[callmeed]

That's understandable from the HN crowd. BUT a wedding photographer doesn't care about your black list (no offense).

In his/her mind (right or wrong), a bride-to-be has no reason to right click. The only people who might-right click would be nefarious people who want to steal an image and put it on their portfolio as their own work (this does happen).