Okay - actually - instead of a standard Captcha - use one of the visual pattern fluid tests - reload could give a difference pattern question - remember to include the timer.
Go here: http://similarminds.com/intdoor.html Now - the test would have to be slightly tweaked - instead of clicking on a radio button - 1,2,3, or 4 The user would have to type in the answer - and each potential answer would have a different letter associated with it - not just A, B, C, D - but something random - so that a bot could never just guess right 25% of the time. - Will On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Ari Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -------------------------------------------------- > -- ~ 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] ________________________________________________________________ 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
