Taking a screenshot, then cropping it, is a fundamentally different process.
As one of the other commentors mentioned, the static url was a good way for him to share with his other mates, via chat, pictures of pretty girls.
Taking a screenshot, cropping it, saving it locally, then uploading it to some host, and then finally emailing or IMing the link. That is not a really easy process to share with his mates.
For clarification, my previous comment was directed at statictype's reply to djhworld:
"No amount of privacy code on FB's servers are going to be able to prevent that."
statictype referring to "that" as "They could just copy the photo and email that you."
By displaying the image in Flash, it eliminates the possibility of simply sending a URL, and instead, requires the process mentioned above.
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Taking a screenshot, then cropping it, is a fundamentally different process.
As one of the other commentors mentioned, the static url was a good way for him to share with his other mates, via chat, pictures of pretty girls.
Taking a screenshot, cropping it, saving it locally, then uploading it to some host, and then finally emailing or IMing the link. That is not a really easy process to share with his mates.
For clarification, my previous comment was directed at statictype's reply to djhworld:
"No amount of privacy code on FB's servers are going to be able to prevent that."
statictype referring to "that" as "They could just copy the photo and email that you."
By displaying the image in Flash, it eliminates the possibility of simply sending a URL, and instead, requires the process mentioned above.
No more sending your mate URLs of pretty girls.