And CAPTCHAs prove that javascript and browsers are terrible??? You must have failed logic class. Probably you never took it, knowing how poorly you would do.
I should criticize your precious local apps because some require dongles. On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Adam Ruppe <destructiona...@gmail.com>wrote: > Andrew Wiley wrote: > > Web applications have zero-install > > But they trade it in for registration, with those awful, awful > CAPTCHAs. > > They don't just distinguish between humans and computers (sometimes). > They also distinguish between flawless humans with perfect vision > and expensive monitors and real life humans who can't see the > poorly contrasting colors or can't distinguish letters with a > font size of 8 pixels. Some have letters right on top of each > other.... what order do they want it? Gah. > > It invariably takes me two or three attempts to get those stupid > things. Thankfully, the popular Re-Captcha ones are among the > easiest to read, but that doesn't help when someone still uses > the green on red with purple stripes and tiny font variety. It's > been a while since I saw the Google captcha, but I remember it > as being nearly impossible. > > > The worst part is they come back post-registration too! Vile. >
