Has this ever happened to you? You are surfing along, flipping through web pages, and you see a photo or link you want to email to someone, or perhaps just save for later. You right click, hoping to save the photo or link to your computer, and get the annoying "We don't allow right clicks" message. The wording typically varies from obnoxious lies like "Right clicking will format your hard drive" to benign pleas like "Please don't steal my photos", to blatant accusations "Quit stealing my content you thieving bastard". For most people, the result is usually the same. You click ok, and never get to the menu you need to copy the link or photo.

So, what can you do? You've graced this persons web page, viewed their ads, and waded through their pop-ups. What is your reward? Your right mouse button is hijacked. Disabled. Hacked. You are personally insulted, and your morals are called into question. You are essentially accused of trying to steal their precious intellectual property. Did they honestly believe that people that surf the web don't save photos and links to their hard disk? Were they not aware of the right-click/save-as feature before publishing publicly accessible content? I say screw those bastards and take what you want under fair use laws. After all, right clicking is not the moral equivalent of violating their copyright.

Well, I'm going to risk being prosecuted under the DMCA for letting people know how to break their clever 'encryption' technique. I'm going to tell you the super secret trick for getting around their annoyance. Are you ready? Here goes. All you need to do, is hold down the right mouse button, and hit the enter key after the popup appears. It is that easy.

Lets review. You see a photo you want to email to your mother in law. You right click, but don't release the button. You hold that right mouse button down until it screams. When the annoying "Hahaha.. I know Javascript and you don't" window appears, hit the enter key (or ESC) on your keyboard to clear the window. Then release the right mouse button, and viola, your right-click window appears.

Now practice your skill on this page.