Interesting development from Google. I just tested this and works fine. The problem I have noticed is verification expires if yiur page is idle for sometime.
Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula | @csrinivasu Sent from my iPhone 5C Begin forwarded message: > From: Alastair Campbell <[email protected]> > Date: 4 December 2014 19:40:48 IST > To: WebAIM Discussion List <[email protected]> > Subject: [WebAIM] reCAPTCHA replacement > Reply-To: WebAIM Discussion List <[email protected]> > > Interesting post from Google on their update/replacement for re-CAPTCHA: > http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/are-you-robot-introducing-no-captcha.html > > The short story is that they are replacing the current CAPTCHA method > (distorted image-text or distorted audio) with a simple tickbox for "I am > not a robot". They then use some heuristics based on IP address, browser > config, mouse pointer behaviour etc. to guess if you are a robot. > > That bit about using mouse movements to analyse your human-ness obviously > rang alarm bells, and I couldn't find an example easily, so I created one > here: > https://alastairc.ac/testing/recaptcha-test.html > > At first glance, it is keyboard accessible, has appropriate ARIA attributes > (which are needed as they use a span for a checkbox), and it didn't fail > when I only used the keyboard. > > Overall, it looks like an important improvement from an accessibility point > of view. If the heuristics fail you then you get the traditional CAPTCHA > approach, however, that should be a lot less frequent. > > It would be interesting to see how the image-matching version works from an > accessibility point of view, I didn't find a way to trigger that within my > lunch break. > > -Alastair > > PS. Alt text for the images in the blog post: > 1. A traditional CAPTCHA where you have to type in the distorted words > shown, or choose the audio option. > 2. An animated image showing a checkbox with label "I'm not a robot", and > the reCAPTCHA logo. > 3. The checkbox shows the traditional method underneath. > 4 & 5. Two examples of the checkbox showing an image of a cat, and then > nine images underneath that to match against. > _______________________________________________ > To manage your subscription, visit http://list.webaim.org/ > Address list messages to [email protected] Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
