Posted by Gustavo Narea on 11/10/05 18:45

Hello.

CAPTCHA tests are indispensables. The problem comes when you *only* use
visual tests (such as "visual turing numbers").

If you need CAPTCHA tests, you may use them both visuals and audibles.
This is a good example: https://www.e-gold.com/acct/login.html

Regards.

Jochem Maas wrote:
> <rant mode="troll" sarcasm="true" anger="+3" replies="duck">
>
> this email contains swearing so that the sensitive amongst you will be
> spared what I have to say (assuming you have a stupid 'Im a sensitive
> person,
> don't expose me to bad language' mail filter)
>
> Gustavo Narea wrote:
>
>> Hello, Clive.
>>
>> Depending on the target of your website, you shall need to keep in
>> mind the (in)accessibility of this kind of tests:
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-turingtest-20031105/
>
>
> right and almost 3 people on the planet care in practice.
> besides the chances are the blind person in question will not be able to
> navigate through your sea of nested tables. (have you ever heard
> a screen reader walking thru 5 level of tabel nesting so that you can
> be told of the lovely logo image that the nested tables are apparently
> positioning ... fantastic
>
> oh any then there is the problem of inaccesibility of mailboxes
> (because it's full, overloaded, etc) because every spammer and his dog
> can write
> an automated mailing script that uses your webform if you don't stick some
> sort of CAPTCHA in there...
>
> the most inaccessible on the web currently is the 'look how clever we
> are' language
> and document structures used through out the W3C site - bloody
> impenetrable.
> pot calling the kettle black.... so what if every user agent under the sun
> can 'read' the W3C site - *I* can't read it, fat chance my browser will
> be able
> to explain it to me.
>
> given that 9 out of 10 government buildings worldwide are not even
> accessible by
> wheelchair users (I didn't do the research but I'm willing to put some
> money on it)
> worrying about inaccessible webforms is maybe a little premature.
>
> -------------
>
> and given that we, in the west (at the least - I don't believe asians,
> arabs, whatever
> are any nicer) are a bunch of body facist hate mongerers - your
> television and billboards
> are telling you that if you have a disability (that includes being ugly)
> then you
> should be figuring out how to get the f*** off our Calvin Klein planet
>
> ....
>
> or put another way - is there a good reason why the web should be any less
> discriminating than the rest of society.
> <rant>
>
>>
>> By the way, AFAIK they are also known as "turing numbers".
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> Clive wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>> does any one have a class/function to generate those security code
>>> images.
>>>
>>> Yhe ones that you see on website that you must enter to submit a form
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> clive
>>
>>
>>

--
Gustavo Narea.
PHP Documentation - Spanish Translation Team.
Valencia, Venezuela.

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