true but i want one that then displays a message that says "sorry, if you couldn't figure this out, you're probably not smart enough to use our product"
sigh, that would be cool. sadly, i suspect the humor would be lost on them. i guess that would lead to scads of law suits for discriminating against "intellectually challenged" people. On 3/17/08, W Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just copy the captcha type system that Yahoo has designed to sign up for > Flickr. I always thought I was relatively average - but that system is so > darn convoluted that you must have to be a genius to figure it out. I tried > to sign up for Flickr after it was purchased by Yahoo -- after 30 minutes > and 3 failures - i gave up. Imagine having to get a yahoo email address that > I will never ever ever use - just to post my pictures.... that system is > either for geniuses - or totally wack. > > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Ari Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i realize that it's part of our job to help people figure out how to use > > things but in my years on this planet, it never ceases to amaze me how > > some > > people still defy common logic or sense. > > > > so i was wondering if there was such thing as an IQ test in the form of > > a > > simple captcha that could exclude those who fall below the median IQ > > from > > say, signing up for a website? > > > > -- > > -------------------------------------------------- > > www.flyingyogi.com > > -------------------------------------------------- > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > > > > > -- > ~ will > > "Where you innovate, how you innovate, > and what you innovate are design problems" > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Will Evans | CrowdSprout > tel +1.617.281.1281 | fax +1.617.507.6016 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -------------------------------------------------- www.flyingyogi.com -------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
