a simple question: which PDF component shall I install?
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I have written some useful articles that may be valuable to some readers. I want to post them on my website for users to read and don't want them to download to local computers. what kind of PDF component to be installed on server side? just a PDF viewer server component? Thanks a million for any thought!
diligent hands rule....
Southmountain wrote:
don't want them to download to local computers.
You do realize that as long as it's published you can't stop that, regardless of format? I understand if someone doesn't want to be plagiarized. It's happened to me and that sucks. But, asking someone not to save it... why, you wanna show them new adds or something? If you're worried about squeezing a dollar out of someone then put it behind a paywall. Keep in mind though, the scientific community doesn't take too kind to the average antics people play when it comes to extorsion, money, etc. Which is what this sounds like if plan on making sure nobody can save your content.
Jeremy Falcon
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I generally use print screen for that.
You can also quickly disable JavaScript, after the page loads/renders, in DevTools to save the image. Or intercept the request. Or, there are a ton of ways...
Jeremy Falcon
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On my site I have a lot of photos and the way I restricted users from copying is by capturing the right click and displaying a popup that informs the user if they want a copy to contact me. But there are always ways to get the material, maybe not in the form they want but they can get it.
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Screwing with someone's browser experience is bad juju. It's no better than endless popups. It'll only prevent non-techy users anyway. If you're really that worried about it, you're better off watermarking the image.
Jeremy Falcon
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Some good ol' fashioned red dye 40? Like grandma used to make. :laugh:
Jeremy Falcon
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Screwing with someone's browser experience is bad juju. It's no better than endless popups. It'll only prevent non-techy users anyway. If you're really that worried about it, you're better off watermarking the image.
Jeremy Falcon
I do watermark, but I'm not really worried about them. The techies will get them no matter what.
"Ten men in the country could buy the world and ten million can’t buy enough to eat." Will Rogers PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.3.1 JaxCoder.com Latest Article: EventAggregator
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Cannot prevent someone from taking a picture 🖼️ of the screen from their mobile camera 📸. And then using OCR to convert the image to text. Isn't it? Addendum: Other than the Coca Cola formula, is there anything which has been protected without getting leaked? As individuals, we perhaps don't have the financial strength to protect our so-called intellectual property.
my website is member only. so when you read it, I will put your name on top of the article. so if you take pictures, your name will be visible.
diligent hands rule....
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Southmountain wrote:
don't want them to download to local computers.
You do realize that as long as it's published you can't stop that, regardless of format? I understand if someone doesn't want to be plagiarized. It's happened to me and that sucks. But, asking someone not to save it... why, you wanna show them new adds or something? If you're worried about squeezing a dollar out of someone then put it behind a paywall. Keep in mind though, the scientific community doesn't take too kind to the average antics people play when it comes to extorsion, money, etc. Which is what this sounds like if plan on making sure nobody can save your content.
Jeremy Falcon
yes, I know it. this way only prevents good people from doing downloading...
diligent hands rule....
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my website is member only. so when you read it, I will put your name on top of the article. so if you take pictures, your name will be visible.
diligent hands rule....
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In addition to the above replies, you should note that PDF is not a "read-only" format. Many tools are available to unpick PDFs into an editable form. You don't need a "viewer server" component. Just publish the PDF and browsers know what to do.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Some good ol' fashioned red dye 40? Like grandma used to make. :laugh:
Jeremy Falcon
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I generally use print screen for that.
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yes, I know it. this way only prevents good people from doing downloading...
diligent hands rule....
