I was just thinking how time consuming and stupid captchas
can be. I was thinking that there must be a better way, so imagine my surprise
when I did a search and found I wasn’t alone.
There is actually a Facebook page called, you guessed it, I Hate Captcha.
It’s bad enough you can’t read the scribbles, but then there are times when
symbols and ‘alienese’ are included.
I understand the purpose, but why make it such a frustrating
procedure? Sometimes I get so turned off, I don’t bother with the site I was
trying to sign up with. Yesterday, after about 10 tries I just gave up on
Stumbleupon. Maybe I will give it another try in the not too distant future,
but there are other sites that serve the same purpose.
Yeah, I know you want to differentiate between computers and humans, but this is what you, the designers, have done:
- Give me eyestrain - that's not so nice after you hit 35
- Stop me from commenting on lots of blogs I would to comment on - it's just not worth it after a couple of tries
- It drives people crazy - I'm just this close to tearing my hair out
I hate spam, but I would much rather deal with it than this ‘pain-in-the-butt
CAPTCHA. All I have to do is delete the
spam; it takes me less time and does not frustrate me as much. I know some
folks get tons of spam on a daily basis, but the captcha is also preventing
interaction with clients and visitors.
There has got to be a better way to spam-proof websites
other than captcha. I can remember seeing questions asked such as why not use a
simple calculation, which requires human input?
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