Christian Montoya
Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:48:19 -0800
On 2/15/07, James Crooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think it's safe to say that blind AND deaf people surfing with braille devices are a very small minority, and very aware of the limitations of their system. When you target this disabilities group, I guess you have to take the risk of spamming and NOT use CAPTCHA.
This isn't just a blind-and-deaf issue. I fail about 10% of captchas I encounter... at some point they get to the point that they are so good against computer vision that they surpass what my HUMAN VISION is capable of. Forms should not involve extra work for users... that's guilty before proven innocent. Forms should identify and catch bots while letting humans enjoy a work-free experience; I responded to the original post in this thread off-list because I figured it was OT, but I'll post the recommendations I made: - tying into Akismet: http://akismet.com/ which gets better everyday. - using honeypots and hashes: http://www.nedbatchelder.com/text/stopbots.html which is FAR more accessible than CAPTCHAs or random questions. Anyway, I posted on this issue recently (before this thread, actually) and I'm not trying to advertise or anything, but you can read what I wrote here: http://www.christianmontoya.com/2007/02/12/captchas-are-getting-out-of-hand/ -- -- Christian Montoya christianmontoya.net .. designtocss.com ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************