Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-09-14 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, tedd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I fixed the errors you spoke about except I could never get the Graphic CAPTCHA to fail. Also, you're supposed to click the accessibility icon to get the page to speak the number. What if the user is deaf and blind? they are

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-09-14 Thread tedd
At 5:37 PM +1000 9/14/08, Kevin Waterson wrote: This one time, at band camp, tedd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, you're supposed to click the accessibility icon to get the page to speak the number. What if the user is deaf and blind? they are denied access? Kevin Kevin: For deaf-blind

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-09-12 Thread Yeti
Not so good if you're using lynx, or if you're blind, I guess. I often tell my clients the reasons for accessibility and usually i get the answer We don't have any blind customers so we don't care about them. So much for fair play in the web. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-09-12 Thread Nisse Engström
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:28:27 -0400, tedd wrote: At 11:14 AM +0200 9/1/08, Nisse =?utf-8?Q?Engstr=C3=B6m?= wrote: On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:11:01 -0400, tedd wrote: http://webbytedd.com/aa/assorted-captcha/ Some of these are really cool. Assuming they are actually working, that is... -snip-

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-09-12 Thread tedd
At 12:43 AM -0700 9/12/08, Yeti wrote: I often tell my clients the reasons for accessibility and usually i get the answer We don't have any blind customers so we don't care about them. Statements like that demonstrate ignorance more than anything else. If they actually knew the potential the

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-09-11 Thread Peter Ford
Nathan Rixham wrote: tedd wrote: At 11:14 AM +0200 9/1/08, Nisse =?utf-8?Q?Engstr=C3=B6m?= wrote: On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:11:01 -0400, tedd wrote: http://webbytedd.com/aa/assorted-captcha/ Some of these are really cool. Assuming they are actually working, that is... -snip- (bunch of

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-09-10 Thread tedd
At 11:14 AM +0200 9/1/08, Nisse =?utf-8?Q?Engstr=C3=B6m?= wrote: On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:11:01 -0400, tedd wrote: http://webbytedd.com/aa/assorted-captcha/ Some of these are really cool. Assuming they are actually working, that is... -snip- (bunch of errors) I managed 1 out of 5. What do I

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-09-10 Thread Nathan Rixham
tedd wrote: At 11:14 AM +0200 9/1/08, Nisse =?utf-8?Q?Engstr=C3=B6m?= wrote: On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:11:01 -0400, tedd wrote: http://webbytedd.com/aa/assorted-captcha/ Some of these are really cool. Assuming they are actually working, that is... -snip- (bunch of errors) I managed 1 out of

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-09-01 Thread Nisse Engström
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:11:01 -0400, tedd wrote: http://webbytedd.com/aa/assorted-captcha/ Some of these are really cool. Assuming they are actually working, that is... Graphic CAPTCHA: Error! Reload the page! Audio CAPTCHA: -- There is nothing to

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-09-01 Thread Nisse Engström
On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 11:14:39 +0200, Nisse Engström wrote: On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:11:01 -0400, tedd wrote: http://webbytedd.com/aa/assorted-captcha/ Performance CAPTCHA: This one actually works. Well, sort of... And maybe your code should check for a circle rather

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Sancar Saran
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1835 That was great. Human captcha resolvers. $2 per 1000 resloved captchas... ouch... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 15:02 +0100, Stut wrote: On 30 Aug 2008, at 14:05, tedd wrote: At 11:39 PM +0200 8/29/08, Jochem Maas wrote: I think both tedd and Stut make good points, I guess we'll all be hacking away at such issues for a long time to come. That's the nature of the beast (no

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 10:17 -0400, tedd wrote: At 3:27 PM +0200 8/30/08, Jochem Maas wrote: 2. you can't shut him down either, he does'nt have an off button. Yeah, he's a lot like his blow-up dolls except you can't deflate him. :-) WHOOA... my blow-up dolls? Since when did

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 19:22 +0200, Jochem Maas wrote: tedd schreef: At 3:25 PM +0100 8/30/08, Stut wrote: in the meantime I stand by my assertion that a 'phone number people can call with any type of telephone to interact with another human who can get them past the check without

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Diogo Neves
Well, I don't know how, but google folks @ gmail are doing a great job with anti-spam tecnology... i believe that is has something to do with the massive user base that can more accuratly say what is spam and blacklist it plus mispelling 'spam' words and the original ones, plus that '1000's from

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Ross McKay
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:35:42 -0400, Robert Cummings wrote: [...] As Stut has pointed out already, the best filter for spam I've encountered is to reject posts with links :/ This also is what works for me. However, this is for commercial websites, not blogs / forums, so links are not expected in

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sun, 2008-08-31 at 10:58 +0100, Diogo Neves wrote: Well, I don't know how, but google folks @ gmail are doing a great job with anti-spam tecnology... i believe that is has something to do with the massive user base that can more accuratly say what is spam and blacklist it plus mispelling

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Diogo Neves
Maybe a protocol of SPAM notifications can do da trick... Something like a system, more or less central that smtp server should use to exchange information about SPAM, like that u get not only the gmail base, but a yet bigger set off it... that whould do the trick, and possible take the internet

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread tedd
At 9:52 AM +0300 8/31/08, Sancar Saran wrote: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1835 That was great. Human captcha resolvers. $2 per 1000 resloved captchas... ouch... At least I know where I can find work. :-) Just an example of how the human element can out-smart itself. Cheers,

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread tedd
At 5:35 AM -0400 8/31/08, Robert Cummings wrote: and we may end up employing full on measures of the likes of spamassasin once CAPTCHA becomes more weak to automated attacks. Cheers, Rob. Agreed -- that's where I think this is all going. The CAPTCHA solution is not THE solution and it's

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread tedd
At 5:39 AM -0400 8/31/08, Robert Cummings wrote: On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 10:17 -0400, tedd wrote: At 3:27 PM +0200 8/30/08, Jochem Maas wrote: 2. you can't shut him down either, he does'nt have an off button. Yeah, he's a lot like his blow-up dolls except you can't deflate him. :-)

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread tedd
At 10:58 AM +0100 8/31/08, Diogo Neves wrote: Well, I don't know how, but google folks @ gmail are doing a great job with anti-spam tecnology... i believe that is has something to do with the massive user base that can more accuratly say what is spam and blacklist it plus mispelling 'spam' words

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sun, 2008-08-31 at 10:46 -0400, tedd wrote: At 5:39 AM -0400 8/31/08, Robert Cummings wrote: On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 10:17 -0400, tedd wrote: At 3:27 PM +0200 8/30/08, Jochem Maas wrote: 2. you can't shut him down either, he does'nt have an off button. Yeah, he's a lot like his

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Eric Butera
I guess I'll chime in with my experience on this problem. For the past 2 years I've been using a form processor script I wrote on all the client sites for my company. I developed it at first to handle a simple set of functionality that hit 90% of the requirements of contact forms. It can handle

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Stut
Good points all, but I'd add two more from my own collection... Field names Don't name fields things like name, email, address, postcode, message, etc. Instead name them a, b, c, d, e, etc but name your hidden field email. That should provoke most bots into changing that value and leaves

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sun, 2008-08-31 at 18:49 +0100, Stut wrote: Good points all, but I'd add two more from my own collection... Field names Don't name fields things like name, email, address, postcode, message, etc. Instead name them a, b, c, d, e, etc but name your hidden field email. That should

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Eric Butera
On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Stut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good points all, but I'd add two more from my own collection... Field names Don't name fields things like name, email, address, postcode, message, etc. Instead name them a, b, c, d, e, etc but name your hidden field email. That

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Jochem Maas
tedd schreef: At 10:58 AM +0100 8/31/08, Diogo Neves wrote: Well, I don't know how, but google folks @ gmail are doing a great job with anti-spam tecnology... i believe that is has something to do with the massive user base that can more accuratly say what is spam and blacklist it plus

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Jochem Maas
Robert Cummings schreef: On Sun, 2008-08-31 at 10:46 -0400, tedd wrote: At 5:39 AM -0400 8/31/08, Robert Cummings wrote: On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 10:17 -0400, tedd wrote: At 3:27 PM +0200 8/30/08, Jochem Maas wrote: 2. you can't shut him down either, he does'nt have an off button. Yeah,

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Jochem Maas
Stut schreef: Good points all, but I'd add two more from my own collection... nice posts, both of you! it's time I rewrote my general form submission routines ... I'll be taking all your suggestions and putting them into practice (in so far as I don't do so already). free specs for better

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Stut
On 31 Aug 2008, at 22:17, Jochem Maas wrote: Robert Cummings schreef: On Sun, 2008-08-31 at 10:46 -0400, tedd wrote: At 5:39 AM -0400 8/31/08, Robert Cummings wrote: On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 10:17 -0400, tedd wrote: At 3:27 PM +0200 8/30/08, Jochem Maas wrote: 2. you can't shut him down

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Ross McKay
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:25:52 -0400, Eric Butera wrote: [...] Honey Pots This is a two step process. First I have a hidden form field that has a specific value in it. If this value is tampered with, then I reject the form. The second form field is inside of an html comment. If that value is

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Ross McKay
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:49:15 +0100, Stut wrote: Field names Don't name fields things like name, email, address, postcode, message, etc. Instead name them a, b, c, d, e, etc but name your hidden field email. That should provoke most bots into changing that value and leaves others unsure what

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Jochem Maas
Ross McKay schreef: On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:49:15 +0100, Stut wrote: Field names Don't name fields things like name, email, address, postcode, message, etc. Instead name them a, b, c, d, e, etc but name your hidden field email. That should provoke most bots into changing that value and

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Ross McKay
Jochem Maas wrote: any idea as to whether auto-fill can recognize stuff like: foo[email] or email[foo] or email_foo [...] AFAIK, the auto-fill form stuff works off previously entered field names. If a user enters their email address into a field called 'email' on one site, then another

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Jochem Maas
Ross McKay schreef: Jochem Maas wrote: any idea as to whether auto-fill can recognize stuff like: foo[email] or email[foo] or email_foo [...] AFAIK, the auto-fill form stuff works off previously entered field names. If a user enters their email address into a field called 'email' on

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-31 Thread Ross McKay
Jochem Maas wrote: figures, no blooming good to us then :-) No, I wouldn't bother! (It actually p!sses me off when I have to type my email address into a form because they've decided to pick some unique name for the field!) makes me think of another trick to block spam/cruft/etc from form

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-30 Thread tedd
At 12:05 AM +0100 8/30/08, Stut wrote: On 29 Aug 2008, at 22:07, tedd wrote: I hesitated before writing this because I don't want to get into another debate with you, but accessibility means that all people (disabled or not) can access the data they want in a similar fashion. Why hesitate?

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-30 Thread Stut
On 30 Aug 2008, at 13:00, tedd wrote: At 12:05 AM +0100 8/30/08, Stut wrote: On 29 Aug 2008, at 22:07, tedd wrote: I hesitated before writing this because I don't want to get into another debate with you, but accessibility means that all people (disabled or not) can access the data they

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-30 Thread tedd
At 11:51 PM +0200 8/29/08, Jochem Maas wrote: Eric Gorr schreef: There is no documentation anywhere which claims, as you do, that it is impossible to design a captcha which deals with accessibility issues. on behalf of the list, please accept our Crayon of the Week award. Oh, and please

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-30 Thread Stut
On 30 Aug 2008, at 05:32, Robert Cummings wrote: On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 00:25 -0400, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 30, 2008, at 12:19 AM, Robert Cummings wrote: On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 00:05 -0400, Eric Gorr wrote: Oh, here's an interesting story:

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-30 Thread tedd
At 11:39 PM +0200 8/29/08, Jochem Maas wrote: tedd schreef: Do you not agree? yes and no. in the wild a lion with hip atrophy will be forced to crawl away and die ... no more eating gazelles for him I hope I don't get finger atrophy. --- my point being we have a long long long way to go

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-30 Thread tedd
At 11:51 PM +0200 8/29/08, Jochem Maas wrote: so orthogonal to the turing test ... I'd wager that research in turing test passing technology is moving faster that captcha tech. so in the long run captcha is plain dead in the water. I agree with that. Creating a better captcha is a losing

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-30 Thread tedd
At 12:14 AM +0200 8/30/08, Jochem Maas wrote: I have no shame ... I'm dutch. That's obvious. :-) Rhetorical What we (i.e., USA Government) needs to do is to get you people (yeah I said you people) down to New Orleans to teach us how to make a dike. Seriously, your countrymen are the

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-30 Thread Stut
Oh look, you forgot to include the list again. On 30 Aug 2008, at 13:54, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 30, 2008, at 8:26 AM, Stut wrote: Eric... 1) Quoting an NYT blog as an authority on technical matters is both naive and asking for it. The mainstream press have never used industry-specific

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-30 Thread tedd
At 11:56 PM +0100 8/29/08, Stut wrote: On 29 Aug 2008, at 22:39, Jochem Maas wrote: in the mean time, here's wishing more clean water and internet access for everyone (and less bombs). Hear hear, except that I'd put food above internet access. -Stut Yep, right up there with health care

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-30 Thread Jochem Maas
Robert Cummings schreef: ... using bots to crack Google’s captchas. I really don't see how this story supports your arguments in the least and as such I will not be answering anymore of your drivel. You appear to have nothing of usefulness to add to the conversation. I didn't think it

Re: [PHP] Re: With regard to: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-30 Thread Jochem Maas
Jim Lucas schreef: Robert Cummings wrote: On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 00:01 -0400, Eric Gorr wrote: No, I will not help you troll. But, I certainly cannot prevent you from doing so. Hopefully the list moderators will shut you down. This is PHP General. We discuss PHP and related issues.

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-30 Thread Stut
On 30 Aug 2008, at 14:05, tedd wrote: At 11:39 PM +0200 8/29/08, Jochem Maas wrote: I think both tedd and Stut make good points, I guess we'll all be hacking away at such issues for a long time to come. That's the nature of the beast (no not Stut!) I am Stut - hear me Roar!! CAPTCHA's are

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-30 Thread tedd
At 12:05 AM +0100 8/30/08, Stut wrote: On 29 Aug 2008, at 22:07, tedd wrote: Do you not agree? Sort of. I think most disabled people accept that they are different and that special provisions sometimes need to be made. In this case I would hope people would understand that the current

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-30 Thread tedd
At 12:32 AM -0400 8/30/08, Robert Cummings wrote: On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 00:25 -0400, Eric Gorr wrote: Please, would all of the other readers of this mailing list write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask them to shut Robert Cummings down? Thank you. I'm sorry list *lol* But this one made me

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-30 Thread tedd
At 3:27 PM +0200 8/30/08, Jochem Maas wrote: 2. you can't shut him down either, he does'nt have an off button. Yeah, he's a lot like his blow-up dolls except you can't deflate him. :-) Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-30 Thread Stut
On 30 Aug 2008, at 15:02, tedd wrote: At 12:05 AM +0100 8/30/08, Stut wrote: To me accessibility means that everyone is able to use something to achieve a goal regardless of their physical or mental condition. Nothing about it says that everyone should be able to reach that goal without

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-30 Thread tedd
At 3:25 PM +0100 8/30/08, Stut wrote: in the meantime I stand by my assertion that a 'phone number people can call with any type of telephone to interact with another human who can get them past the check without compromising the protection the check affords is ultimate accessibility. Well,

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-30 Thread Jochem Maas
tedd schreef: At 3:25 PM +0100 8/30/08, Stut wrote: in the meantime I stand by my assertion that a 'phone number people can call with any type of telephone to interact with another human who can get them past the check without compromising the protection the check affords is ultimate

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Richard Heyes
Has anyone tried a ASCII Captcha method. To use a similar method like this ASCII generator (http://www.network-science.de/ascii/) Or even gone the next level and have an ASCII based simple math question? My advice is to stick with what works. Though if you really wanted to you could

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Stut
On 29 Aug 2008, at 03:45, tedd wrote: These are what I've come up with: http://webbytedd.com/aa/assorted-captcha/ Just curious tedd, but what do you mean by CAPTCHA's show the world that you really haven't thought this out. If you have a better alternative I'd love to hear about it.

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Richard Heyes
CAPTCHA's don't work. Don't depend upon them for any of your projects. Sure they do. My blog comments were getting spammed to death. Now I've put a captcha on I rarely have to deal with spam. I'd say that's working. CAPTCHA's present accessibility problems for people with disabilities. These

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Sancar Saran
Hello there, Actually my captchas show the world some funky coloured text... :-) I just wondering. What if we show captcha using ASCII ART format. like pre |||

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Richard Heyes
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Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Ólafur Waage
Thats exactly what i am talking about Richard. Ólafur Waage [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/8/29 Richard Heyes [EMAIL PROTECTED]: pre ||| |||

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Ólafur Waage
I just realized that i should have said ASCII Art but not just ASCII, it was so clear in my head but i notice now how it could have been misunderstood. Ólafur Waage [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/8/29 Ólafur Waage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thats exactly what i am talking about Richard. Ólafur Waage [EMAIL

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread tedd
At 9:07 AM +0100 8/29/08, Stut wrote: On 29 Aug 2008, at 03:45, tedd wrote: These are what I've come up with: http://webbytedd.com/aa/assorted-captcha/ Just curious tedd, but what do you mean by CAPTCHA's show the world that you really haven't thought this out. If you have a better

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread tedd
At 10:00 AM +0100 8/29/08, Richard Heyes wrote: CAPTCHA's don't work. Don't depend upon them for any of your projects. Sure they do. My blog comments were getting spammed to death. Now I've put a captcha on I rarely have to deal with spam. I'd say that's working. Yes, it's working for you

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Stut
On 29 Aug 2008, at 15:15, tedd wrote: At 9:07 AM +0100 8/29/08, Stut wrote: On 29 Aug 2008, at 03:45, tedd wrote: These are what I've come up with: http://webbytedd.com/aa/assorted-captcha/ Just curious tedd, but what do you mean by CAPTCHA's show the world that you really haven't thought

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Eric Gorr
On Aug 29, 2008, at 10:30 AM, tedd wrote: No matter how many times you cut this rope, it's still too short. So, I'm curious, what do you suggest? As near as I can tell, even with all of the problems (many of which can be mitigated with enough effort) associated with the use of

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread tedd
At 3:41 PM +0100 8/29/08, Stut wrote: -Stut: I agree with some of what you're saying here, but only to a certain extent. CAPTCHA's are a tool that can be applied to any number of different situations, so a blanket statement like that cannot possibly apply. Of course blanket statements

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread tedd
At 10:45 AM -0400 8/29/08, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 10:30 AM, tedd wrote: No matter how many times you cut this rope, it's still too short. So, I'm curious, what do you suggest? As near as I can tell, even with all of the problems (many of which can be mitigated with enough

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 10:38 +, Ólafur Waage wrote: I just realized that i should have said ASCII Art but not just ASCII, it was so clear in my head but i notice now how it could have been misunderstood. You do realize that the ascii rendering below is just a bitmap. Most captcha crackers

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Stut
On 29 Aug 2008, at 16:33, tedd wrote: At 3:41 PM +0100 8/29/08, Stut wrote: The main project I work on at the moment is a classified ad site and it has CAPTCHA's in three places. -snip- I understand there are different reasons behind the use of CAPTCHA's, but in the end they still present

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Eric Gorr
On Aug 29, 2008, at 11:33 AM, tedd wrote: I understand there are different reasons behind the use of CAPTCHA's, but in the end they still present accessibility problems. And their use is a trade-off that you accept. Nonsense. There is no reason why the usage of Captcha's would need to

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 11:33 -0400, tedd wrote: I understand there are different reasons behind the use of CAPTCHA's, but in the end they still present accessibility problems. And their use is a trade-off that you accept. Not using CAPTCHAs and allowing the amount of spam posted to a site to

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread tedd
At 1:15 PM -0400 8/29/08, Robert Cummings wrote: On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 11:33 -0400, tedd wrote: I understand there are different reasons behind the use of CAPTCHA's, but in the end they still present accessibility problems. And their use is a trade-off that you accept. Not using CAPTCHAs

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread tedd
At 12:17 PM -0400 8/29/08, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 11:33 AM, tedd wrote: I understand there are different reasons behind the use of CAPTCHA's, but in the end they still present accessibility problems. And their use is a trade-off that you accept. Nonsense. There is no reason

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread tedd
At 5:06 PM +0100 8/29/08, Stut wrote: On 29 Aug 2008, at 16:33, tedd wrote: I didn't mean to imply laziness, but now that you mentioned it -- on one hand we say that CAPTCHA is good enough until something else comes along, but on the other hand, because we are using CAPTCHA, there's no need

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Richard Heyes
I understand there are different reasons behind the use of CAPTCHA's, but in the end they still present accessibility problems. And their use is a trade-off that you accept. Nonsense. There is no reason why the usage of Captcha's would need to present accessibility problems. CAPTCHAs are

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Eric Gorr
On Aug 29, 2008, at 2:42 PM, Richard Heyes wrote: I understand there are different reasons behind the use of CAPTCHA's, but in the end they still present accessibility problems. And their use is a trade-off that you accept. Nonsense. There is no reason why the usage of Captcha's would

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Eric Gorr
On Aug 29, 2008, at 1:56 PM, tedd wrote: At 12:17 PM -0400 8/29/08, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 11:33 AM, tedd wrote: I understand there are different reasons behind the use of CAPTCHA's, but in the end they still present accessibility problems. And their use is a trade-off that

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread tedd
At 2:48 PM -0400 8/29/08, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 2:42 PM, Richard Heyes wrote: I understand there are different reasons behind the use of CAPTCHA's, but in the end they still present accessibility problems. And their use is a trade-off that you accept. Nonsense. There is no

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread tedd
At 2:51 PM -0400 8/29/08, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 1:56 PM, tedd wrote: At 12:17 PM -0400 8/29/08, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 11:33 AM, tedd wrote: I understand there are different reasons behind the use of CAPTCHA's, but in the end they still present accessibility

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Eric Gorr
On Aug 29, 2008, at 3:11 PM, tedd wrote: At 2:48 PM -0400 8/29/08, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 2:42 PM, Richard Heyes wrote: I understand there are different reasons behind the use of CAPTCHA's, but in the end they still present accessibility problems. And their use is a

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Eric Gorr
On Aug 29, 2008, at 3:15 PM, tedd wrote: At 2:51 PM -0400 8/29/08, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 1:56 PM, tedd wrote: At 12:17 PM -0400 8/29/08, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 11:33 AM, tedd wrote: I understand there are different reasons behind the use of CAPTCHA's, but in

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread tedd
At 3:17 PM -0400 8/29/08, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 3:11 PM, tedd wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha While you're at it, why don't you read it yourself. The reference clearly says why your statement -- Nonsense. There is no reason why the usage of Captcha's would need

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Stut
On 29 Aug 2008, at 19:03, tedd wrote: At 5:06 PM +0100 8/29/08, Stut wrote: On 29 Aug 2008, at 16:33, tedd wrote: I didn't mean to imply laziness, but now that you mentioned it -- on one hand we say that CAPTCHA is good enough until something else comes along, but on the other hand, because

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Eric Gorr
On Aug 29, 2008, at 3:41 PM, Stut wrote: I completely agree, but as far as I know it's only (and I use that word carefully) people with both visual and audio impairments that you cannot cater for. I cannot see any reason why a person with both visual and audio impairments could not be

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 15:52 -0400, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 3:41 PM, Stut wrote: I completely agree, but as far as I know it's only (and I use that word carefully) people with both visual and audio impairments that you cannot cater for. I cannot see any reason why a

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread tedd
At 8:41 PM +0100 8/29/08, Stut wrote: So, in essence your statement is assumptive, judgemental and sweeping. I certainly did not mean it to be taken assumptive or judgmental. --- Holding my hand up now as a lazy developer, the CAPTCHA I have on my sites is not accessible what with it being

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Eric Gorr
On Aug 29, 2008, at 4:09 PM, Robert Cummings wrote: On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 15:52 -0400, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 3:41 PM, Stut wrote: I completely agree, but as far as I know it's only (and I use that word carefully) people with both visual and audio impairments that you cannot

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread tedd
At 3:27 PM -0400 8/29/08, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 3:15 PM, tedd wrote: Why should I have to explain something that is widely known and easy to find? So, I'm curious, what prevents a website from providing a good implementation of both an audio and visual captcha to prevent

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Stut
On 29 Aug 2008, at 20:52, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 3:41 PM, Stut wrote: I completely agree, but as far as I know it's only (and I use that word carefully) people with both visual and audio impairments that you cannot cater for. I cannot see any reason why a person with both

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread tedd
At 4:21 PM -0400 8/29/08, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 4:09 PM, Robert Cummings wrote: I cannot see any reason why a person with both visual and audio impairments could not be presented with a test to prove they are human. Go on, I'm all eyes and ears... describe such a test.

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Stut
On 29 Aug 2008, at 21:21, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 4:09 PM, Robert Cummings wrote: On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 15:52 -0400, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 3:41 PM, Stut wrote: I completely agree, but as far as I know it's only (and I use that word carefully) people with both

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Eric Gorr
On Aug 29, 2008, at 4:21 PM, tedd wrote: At 3:27 PM -0400 8/29/08, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 3:15 PM, tedd wrote: Why should I have to explain something that is widely known and easy to find? So, I'm curious, what prevents a website from providing a good implementation of

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 16:21 -0400, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 4:09 PM, Robert Cummings wrote: On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 15:52 -0400, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 3:41 PM, Stut wrote: I completely agree, but as far as I know it's only (and I use that word carefully)

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread tedd
At 9:32 PM +0100 8/29/08, Stut wrote: That's ultimate accessibility, assuming it supports all types of telephone, but it's also a major expense needing 24/7 coverage. Not something my company of 5 people could hope to support on a free-to-use site. -Stut -Stut: I hesitated before writing

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread tedd
At 4:37 PM -0400 8/29/08, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 4:21 PM, tedd wrote: At 3:27 PM -0400 8/29/08, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 3:15 PM, tedd wrote: Why should I have to explain something that is widely known and easy to find? So, I'm curious, what prevents a website

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Eric Gorr
On Aug 29, 2008, at 5:19 PM, tedd wrote: At 4:37 PM -0400 8/29/08, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 4:21 PM, tedd wrote: At 3:27 PM -0400 8/29/08, Eric Gorr wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 3:15 PM, tedd wrote: Why should I have to explain something that is widely known and easy to find?

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Jochem Maas
tedd schreef: At 9:32 PM +0100 8/29/08, Stut wrote: That's ultimate accessibility, assuming it supports all types of telephone, but it's also a major expense needing 24/7 coverage. Not something my company of 5 people could hope to support on a free-to-use site. -Stut -Stut: I hesitated

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Jochem Maas
Eric Gorr schreef: On Aug 29, 2008, at 5:19 PM, tedd wrote: ... There is no documentation anywhere which claims, as you do, that it is impossible to design a captcha which deals with accessibility issues. a lack of evidence proving the impossible ... there is a logic flaw there somewhere.

Re: [PHP] ASCII Captcha

2008-08-29 Thread Jochem Maas
Eric Gorr schreef: On Aug 29, 2008, at 5:51 PM, Jochem Maas wrote: Eric Gorr schreef: On Aug 29, 2008, at 5:19 PM, tedd wrote: ... There is no documentation anywhere which claims, as you do, that it is impossible to design a captcha which deals with accessibility issues. a lack of

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