On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Mike McGrath <mmcgrath@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 13 Oct 2009, Clint Savage wrote: > >> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Mike McGrath <mmcgrath@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > On Tue, 13 Oct 2009, Clint Savage wrote: >> > >> >> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Mike McGrath <mmcgrath@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > On Tue, 13 Oct 2009, Ian Weller wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 09:32:42AM -0500, Mike McGrath wrote: >> >> >> > At present there are no known problems, can you get them to send a screen >> >> >> > shot of the capcha our way? >> >> >> > >> >> >> Here's seven fairly unreadable ones, out of a random sample of about >> >> >> 40-50 refreshes. >> >> >> >> >> >> http://ianweller.fedorapeople.org/captcha/ >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > Pooh, this is an opinion one, I can read each of those without issue. >> >> > We'll have to see what options we have. >> >> > >> >> > -Mike >> >> >> >> I don't think it's an opinion one as much as what a particular eye can >> >> see. In my case, I can read 'most' of them with little to no effort, >> >> but there were at least 3 that I had to squint or move closer to read. >> >> I've had perfect vision all of my life. What I don't understand is >> >> the value of having colored boxes that make it extremely difficult for >> >> the eyes to focus on the letters. >> >> >> >> BTW, I understand what a captcha is and its intended purpose, but I >> >> would argue that this is only one step of many for preventing computer >> >> bots to invade the fedora project. Mitigation is the goal here, I >> >> don't think it's possible to eliminate all bots, but it is possible to >> >> eliminate a few potential contributors because of something simple >> >> like this getting in the way. >> >> >> > >> > it's a new technology to us, I'd rather try to get it fixed before >> > abandoning it. >> > >> > -Mike >> >> Oh, I wasn't suggesting abandoning it, I think it's great. I just >> wonder if we could tone it down some. Sorry if I implied such a >> thing, I am excited to see that we're using CAPTCHA. >> > > I'm not actually sure, here's the app we're using: > > http://code.google.com/p/tgcaptcha/ > > It's a pretty easy change to start using Vanasco-Dowty but it gets tricky. > neither one is particularly easy to read (which I guess is the point) > > -Mike Actually the Vanasco-Dowty is *much* easier to read (from what I see on their google code page). I can read the McDermott CAPTCHA, but it takes my eyes more effort and I had to squint a little. This is just my experience, but I think the Vanasco-Dowty would be a good compromise. Clint -- Fedora-websites-list mailing list Fedora-websites-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-websites-list
