Posted by dorayme on 05/02/07 02:47

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<xDSZh.398467$5j1.393901@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote:

> In alt.html, dorayme wrote:
>
> > "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote:
> >> They are extremely hard to read; I'd never use it on my sites.
> >
> > mmm... it is a point! Some of them _are_ hard to read, I agree.
> > Most I have little trouble.
> >
> > My guess for
> >
> > <http://members.optushome.com.au/droovies/test/pics/captcha.gif>
>
> Good samples. My point, which I might expound on a bit, was that I
> *studied* the graphics - up close and personal - to be sure I had the
> right characters, and every time I typed one, the site told me it was
> incorrect. If I couldn't read it fairly easily, I refreshed and got
> another. So either I'm colorblind, or the sample page fails.
>
> I'm not colorblind, but just now thinking about that, how would a
> colorblind person ever get one of these QuickCaptcha things to work?
>
> > So more care is needed I guess in the construction of these
> > things, but the idea is pretty good as far as I can see?
>
> Pardon my French, but the idea sucks. :-)

I like this kind of French. <g>

It is, indeed, a point about the color-blind. But I don't really
see that the basic idea depends on colour:

<http://members.optushome.com.au/droovies/test/pics/captchaGreysca
le.gif>

And I am not at all sure why you think the idea itself sucks? As
for it not working on some page, that may be due to other faults
(surely on the link you used it would not be meant to work, but
just showing an example? But I don't know this for sure.). I very
much like the idea that a pattern recognition being can see
things that clunky old robots can't.

True, this would still leave the blind without help and this may
be something you are concerned about and fair enough too.

--
dorayme

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