If you must use one... at least use one that makes it easier to read. http://acoderslife.com/downloads/bhcaptcha/
Each letter is its own image which makes it harder for bots but easier on humans. Yeah... I hate captchas... Yeah... I wrote one... No... I've never used it on a form except for the demo. ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com http://cf4em.com -----Original Message----- From: Phillip M. Vector [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:00 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Form Spam Attack I made up a quick addition of 2 numbers for a Captcha. Seems to work very nicely and almost anyone who can use the computer can add 3+5. :) Will Swain wrote: > Couldn't agree more. I just had to sign up for a hotmail account to do some > testing for my opt in email lists, and the captcha they use now is almost > totally illegible. Worse than that though, they offer an option to listen to > it, which sounded like it was read out in a noisy airport lounge. I > genuinely couldn't make it out. > > I understand that of course for things like signing up for webmail accounts > they need to be extra careful, but that was a really really horrible user > experience. Yuck. > > Will > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mary Jo Sminkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 29 July 2008 23:40 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Form Spam Attack > >> Captcha drives me crazy. Sometimes on other folks sites I have to sit >> there and "guess" the freaking crooked letters four or five times >> before I get it right. Is that a lower case or upper case "W" - damn, >> got it wrong .... Sheesh.. > > AMEN! I detest captcha with a passion, it's rare that I get it right the > first time if it's more than 3 or 4 letters. I do a little better with the > newer ones that give you a word or two (rather than random letters) but it's > far from "nice". I personally use Cfformprotect. What I like about it is > that it *works*...and the user doesn't have to do anything! Can't get more > "user-friendly" than that. > > --- Mary Jo > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:309912 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
