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Re: CAPTCHA requirement in SPAM forum
Posted: Oct 8th, '10, 00:56
by Amura
Ysaana wrote:I thought the random items thing was enough of a captcha... :-( I hate it when I can't read the letters, or tell letter Is from Ls and 1s and Os from 0s, when it's all fixed, can we have no capitals and not include numbers that look like letters?
I came here to suggest exactly the same. Is it possible? Getting ready of symbols that are confusing?
I got a code with two 0, or maybe two O, or maybe the first one was a 0 and the second one an O... an O and a 0 perhaps?
No wonder I did not type it right
Re: CAPTCHA requirement in SPAM forum
Posted: Oct 8th, '10, 00:58
by Airyuna
Amura wrote:Ysaana wrote:I thought the random items thing was enough of a captcha... :-( I hate it when I can't read the letters, or tell letter Is from Ls and 1s and Os from 0s, when it's all fixed, can we have no capitals and not include numbers that look like letters?
I came here to suggest exactly the same. Is it possible? Getting ready of symbols that are confusing?
I got a code with two 0, or maybe two O, or maybe the first one was a 0 and the second one an O... an O and a 0 perhaps?
No wonder I did not type it right
Well, it said there are no Zeros, so I can only be Os...
Re: CAPTCHA requirement in SPAM forum
Posted: Oct 8th, '10, 01:06
by Amura
Really? I did not know.
Sorry to bother!!!!
Re: CAPTCHA requirement in SPAM forum
Posted: Oct 8th, '10, 01:09
by Airyuna
It said it's case insensitive, so it doesn't matter whether you type o or O and it said there were no Zeros, if I recall rightly.
(It's the same CAPTCHA as the one on the front page if you entered the wrong password too many times and my passwords are really long and complex and as I need to enter them often for trades, I'm quite used to that CAPTCHA... 
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Re: CAPTCHA requirement in SPAM forum
Posted: Oct 8th, '10, 01:15
by AstaTheBroken
i am so bad at these capchas! first i think the O is a 0, then I miss a letter...
whoops!
Re: CAPTCHA requirement in SPAM forum
Posted: Oct 11th, '10, 01:22
by Saiyacookie
I have to agree-- the captcha is hard to read and long to type in. I chat a lot in spam threads... the frequency of the captcha isn't annoying, but how long it takes me to figure it out and type it in is. I've been to several sites that use smaller captchas (usually 3-4 characters) that are very easy to read... if you go to Google and image search for "captcha", the very first photo is a prime example of what I mean.
Google Image Search for "Captcha"
I definitely agree with protecting the servers from overload due to people botting in the spam forum, but it's sad that a few bad apples cause hassle for the rest of us. If the captchas were easier, I would have absolutely no issue with them.
Thanks for listening to my suggestions. 
~Saiya