i hope you guys realize that this isnt a wicket issue, its an issue with the captcha lib that wicket uses - thats what is generating the image. so why not simply integrate a different lib into your own component? possibly submit that as a proposal to replace the current one...
-igor On Nov 10, 2007 9:22 PM, Chris Colman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is still pretty nasty in the 1.3 series. I got around the issue > > somewhat by throwing out several letters that could be > indistinguishable > > after deformation. Things like "h" and "n," "I" and "1," and "t" and > > "f." > > Good idea! I tried throwing out all the letters and using only numbers > but even then there was a lot of ambiguity between 1 and 7. > > I might try going back to letters and avoiding the letters that you > mention. > > > But yeah, about 10% of the time, they get pretty bad. > > Yeah it gets so hard to read that you almost need software to do the > recognition for you =] > > > > > > Chris Colman wrote: > > > I'm using the wicket extensions CAPTCHA feature which works > perfectly > > > except: > > > > > > I know the purpose of CAPTCHA is to make the text unreadable to a > > > certain extent but it's *TOO* good at making the text unreadable - > such > > > that humans often get it wrong too. > > > > > > I have a client who has complained that while's it's good that a > > > computer can't decipher the letters it's bad that he has trouble > doing > > > it. Dang those customers! Just think how much more successful we > could > > > all be if it wasn't for those pesky customers... ;) > > > > > > I am currently using wicket 1.2.6. I was wondering if any post 1.2.6 > > > releases have "improved" (depending on your perspective) the capture > > > appearance to make it slightly more readable by humans. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
