I agree it would be a good idea to force it off on this site and will add it to the list of web site suggestions.
Why would it be a good idea? It doesn't resize the images on this site and turning it off doesn't prevent people from saving, sending, or printing the images here. It's pretty much a non-issue.
Why wouldn't it? That is one of the "features" of the Image Toolbar. From the page I referenced:
If pictures are too large to display in your browser window, automatic resizing makes them fit.
So if somebody is browsing on an 800x600 screen with IE6 and has their IE window in a "non-maximized" state, it is entirely possible that an image displayed while voting could look much worse thanks to on-the-fly resizing artifacts.
Gotcha. I immediately disabled both of those features so I was unaware of that distinction.
I guess the only advantage to forcing the Image Toolbar off would be to prevent the little icons from appearing in the top-left corner when your mouse is in the image, since it is trivial to do any of the things the Toolbar allows even if it is off.
Boy this site moves quick. By the time I clicked the post reply button there were already two replies. But the content of my post is now... yeah, what he said. lol
Gotcha. I immediately disabled both of those features so I was unaware of that distinction.
I guess the only advantage to forcing the Image Toolbar off would be to prevent the little icons from appearing in the top-left corner when your mouse is in the image, since it is trivial to do any of the things the Toolbar allows even if it is off.
How do I disable those things? I wanna disable, too! It's not fair that EddyG gets to disable stuff, and I don't. All I want is what's coming to me! All I want is my fair share!
Quite honestly, I think the IE toolbar is annoying. Not everyone will disable it in their browser so I add that to the meta tags of all the sites I work on.
