I found no where in the instructions for the use of the site and the use of the Allow Downloads box where that is explained. I emailed the Help Desk at KelbyOne and even they were surprised to hear that such a right click/save image action could be done in spite of unchecking the Allow Downloads box. Frankly, whether we're talking about an original image or a low res preview, I don't want any variation of my images to be capable of download by a viewer. There needs to be a clear explanation of what checking or unchecking that box means. Otherwise we're left uninformed and badly surprised by the sudden appearance of our images floating around the internet without our permission. I've had websites with both SmugMug and ImageQuix. Both sites provided the capability of disallowing a right click/save option in viewing galleries. I don't understand why Adobe wouldn't be able to provide that same service to users of the Creative Cloud. Indeed, developers might be able to break through and find the image url, but your everyday client won't have that capability or care to have it. Anything to discourage taking images without permission is always welcomed. A huge improvement to the Share Link would be to make that Allow Downloads box do what we all thought it was supposed to do, namely, allow or disallow images in all their variations, original or low res copies, to be downloadable or not according to the photographer's choice.
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