Re: [CODE4LIB] Accessible reCaptcha Was: Bookmarking web links - authoritativeness or focused searching

2009-10-01 Thread MJ Ray
Eric Hellman wrote: > Are you arguing that reCaptcha cannot be accessible or that it is > incorrectly implemented on this site? Primarily that it is incorrectly implemented. However, I've yet to see an implementation of recaptcha that is accessible and does not needlessly insult users with impa

Re: [CODE4LIB] Accessible reCaptcha Was: Bookmarking web links - authoritativeness or focused searching

2009-10-01 Thread Eric Hellman
I think a lot of people on this list would appreciate some pointers on how to do reCaptcha to minimize accessibility impairments, as most libraries are subject to ADA, and like it or not, things become unusable if you don't block robots. On Oct 1, 2009, at 11:39 AM, MJ Ray wrote: Eric Hel

Re: [CODE4LIB] Accessible reCaptcha Was: Bookmarking web links - authoritativeness or focused searching

2009-10-02 Thread Casey Durfee
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 8:39 AM, MJ Ray wrote: > Eric Hellman wrote: > > Are you arguing that reCaptcha cannot be accessible or that it is > > incorrectly implemented on this site? > > Primarily that it is incorrectly implemented. However, I've yet to > see an implementation of recaptcha that is

Re: [CODE4LIB] Accessible reCaptcha Was: Bookmarking web links - authoritativeness or focused searching

2009-10-02 Thread Truitt, Marc
Casey Durfee wrote: > > The space shuttle is not wheelchair-accessible. Is that a reason not to go > to the moon? Umm... perhaps I missed something, but the last time I checked, the space shuttle had never been to the moon. Hey, it's Friday. cheers, - mt --

Re: [CODE4LIB] Accessible reCaptcha Was: Bookmarking web links - authoritativeness or focused searching

2009-10-02 Thread Thomas Dowling
On 10/02/2009 03:53 PM, Casey Durfee wrote: > On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 8:39 AM, MJ Ray wrote: > ...However, I've yet to >> see an implementation of recaptcha that is accessible and does not >> needlessly insult users with impaired vision. Even the one on >> recaptcha.net includes the fully-abled=hu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Accessible reCaptcha Was: Bookmarking web links - authoritativeness or focused searching

2009-10-02 Thread danielle plumer
Casey, I've had many conversations on the subject of CAPTCHAs with consultants in our Talking Book division. Like it or not, many webmasters who insist on using visual CAPTCHAs (often in combination with JavaScript) are turning away customers. One consultant, who is blind herself and who is NOT te

Re: [CODE4LIB] Accessible reCaptcha Was: Bookmarking web links - authoritativeness or focused searching

2009-10-02 Thread Kyle Banerjee
> ...Like it or not, many webmasters who insist on > using visual CAPTCHAs (often in combination with JavaScript) are turning > away customers. .. And not just visually impaired people. I screw these up all the time and my vision is fine. > Logic puzzles, > presented as simple text, are the a

Re: [CODE4LIB] Accessible reCaptcha Was: Bookmarking web links - authoritativeness or focused searching

2009-10-05 Thread John Fereira
Kyle Banerjee wrote: ...Like it or not, many webmasters who insist on using visual CAPTCHAs (often in combination with JavaScript) are turning away customers. .. And not just visually impaired people. I screw these up all the time and my vision is fine. It may also be worth considering tha