“Disabling” web sites

Andrew — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:07:32 +0000

Sorry, Right click is disabled.

I think I’m going to start a new category for web sites that like to disable your browser. You know the ones. They use javascript disable your right mouse button, telling you you don’t have permission to use that feature. Presumably they do this so you can’t right-click, select “view source”, cause they don’t want their source “code” revealed.
I’ll start this Wall O Shame with a real doozy:

USA Web “Solutions”.
These tools have not only “disabled” the right mouse button, but any key on your keyboard that might lead to telling your browser to do something. Ctrl, for example. Or Alt.

Sorry, you do not have permission to press this key.

That’s right, you can’t do “ctrl-r” to refresh the page. Or “ctrl-arrow” to go forward or backward in your history. Or ctrl-u to view their source. Or alt-tab to another window…

And here, just to shame them, is their source code:

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“Disabling” web sites