Unfortunately this has also alienated Yahoo users with sight disabilities. I have just (this morning) been invited to hold a presentation at the CNIB on August 6, 2007 to offer solutions. Since defeating captcha's is not an acceptable solution I'm left with searching, downloading and testing all sorts of alternative chat programs trying to find those that meet the needed requirements (voice etc) to which I will then present my audience with alternatives to Yahoo Messenger, unfortunately.
So far 80 have signed up to attend and that is just in my little community. As much as I'm happy to see Yahoo attempting to do something about it's way over due fixes to Yahoo chat, it's just too bad that Yahoo is so far behind in the technology available and being used to solve such problems as bots without alienating any of it's users. I remember when Yahoo was the #1 search engine and just like the now Yahoo Messenger, yahoo fell behind on the search engine technology and advancements which allowed companies like Google to come in an take the #1 spot. Yahoo search is what now #4 with only about 12% of all searches. Don't let the same happen to Yahoo Messenger. --- In [email protected], Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > August 29, 2007 on 9:32 am > <http://blog.messenger.yahoo.com/blog/2007/08/29/new-entry-process-for-chat-rooms/#comments> > > Hi everyone, > > To help reduce the number of automated bots, we've implemented a new > process for entering the Yahoo! Messenger chat rooms > <http://messenger.yahoo.com/feat_chatrooms.php> known as Captcha > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha>. Captcha is used elsewhere on > Yahoo! in places like Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Games to help verify that a > user is in fact human rather than an automated bot. Here's how it works > in the Yahoo! Messenger chat rooms... > > Once you've chosen a Yahoo! Messenger chat room, you'll be put into an > empty room (no text, no list of chatters) and see a chat message in the > room from a user named "Messenger Chat Admin". The message will contain > a link that says: "Please click here to verify your account. This step > is required before you can begin chatting". Click the link and a new > window entitled "Chat Room Verification" will open. Then enter the > characters that match the letters and/or numbers in the Captcha test > graphic. After successfully completing the Captcha test, you'll be > returned to the chat room and see a confirmation message: > "Congratulations! Your account is verified and you now have access to > chat rooms". Then just start chatting! >
