Hello Andrew, You're right about the language possibly causing a usability barrier. I guess the best way around that is to use math, i.e, 1+1=, since that's more international. The default Q&A out of the box is "Is fire hot or cold?" I figured that one might be known by many people, even those with cognitive disabilities since they are taught that "Fire is hot!" at a young age.
I have tested the form for some people in other countries, though, and I usually manage to figure it out... sometimes having to determine the Latin root of the words if it's a romantic language :-) I could probably remove that whole thing and get away with it; there are 15 other anti-spam/anti-exploit measures in play with the script. I didn't take any chances though since those spammers can be pretty clever and I don't fully understand the bag of tricks they dig into. I erred on the side of caution. Cheers. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Ingram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 2:21 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] OT? - spam in forms Mike, I've been suggesting the Question/Answer method to people for some time and it's definitely my preferred method. It's so brilliantly simple yet nobody really seems to use it. I guess there's a language issue that might need addressing, but it's definitely an improvement on images. - Andrew Ingram Mike at Green-Beast.com wrote: > Hello Bob, > > This should solve your problem: > > Stand-alone version: > http://green-beast.com/blog/?page_id=71 > Demo: http://green-beast.com/gbcf/ > > WordPress plugin version: > http://green-beast.com/blog/?page_id=136 > Demo: http://green-beast.com/blog/?page_id=135 > > Both are standards-compliant and accessible... and they seem to work > rather > well based on feedback and my own experiences with using them. > > > Respectfully, > Mike Cherim > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Designer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 1:06 PM > Subject: [WSG] OT? - spam in forms > > > I seem to be going through a spate of getting spam in a form on one of > my sites (the one in the link, below, actually.) > > So I tried using PHP to randomly display an image and getting the form > user to input what it says. > > I still get spam! I'm presuming that this is because the spammer will > work with javascript turned off, making the js checkform routine useless? > > Sorry if this is OT - can anyone point me to a solution? > > Thanks for any help . . . > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
