On 8/15/06, Peter J. Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: .... > Untill be have an international "identity" system - Captchas and email > confirmation (like click here to activate your account) will increase in use > -- a necessary evil at the moment.
OMG! Please don't say you want to take the anonymous out of the internet! That's just about toast already. *sniff* What about all those terrorists though, right? Arrrg!!! I hate that people are willing to trade everything for nutt'n. Not that /you/ are, I just remembered that I like anonymity, even if I can't spell it, or don't use it. Anyways... the captcha is a PITA, for some people; I mean it's just too new. I've seen folks just struggle and struggle... Given time, more people will "get" what's being asked, but I would opt for a simple CSS and 2+3 = ? type deal over a image based captcha. You can make your CSS and stuff really complicated, thus being a PITA for the spammer, yet not being a PITA for the end user. (First I'd try the "timed"/"hidden" approach though, as it doesn't effect the end user AT ALL;) Guess some people have problems with simple math too, so might as well have an watermelon picture and expect "manzano" back. Only a human really knows if it's spam or poor email formatting, sadly. I don't think "identities" would stop it, either. (Only the outlaws have guns, so to speak.) As always, it depends on the specs and context as to what's best... but we're not training dogs here, building a really strong and high fence the first time isn't always needed. 99% of the time, a really short one will do the job. Just my .02, after watching grandma try to figure out what that image said. Guess it's an argument against captcha in general... I mean, same as the terrorist argument, really. Why should I give up my freedom because of spammers? Rhetorical question^. I can figure out the "logic" behind the idea... I'm just saying... impact the good guys last :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:250083 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
