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Is anyone else freakin' bothered by the "word verification" stuff you're forced to type in when
- Thread starter meryl
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melissa-dallas
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I agree. And I'm also tired of pale gray on white or other low-contrast text.
They are worried more over making it look "pretty" than readable.
They are worried more over making it look "pretty" than readable.
steve2-in-la
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I assume you know why those letters are "hard to read", "gray or white" or "low contrast?" It's all
designed to prevent automated systems from adding comments to a blog, since it takes a human being to read the word and pass this step. If you've ever seena comment that looked like an advertisement or a random link to an unrelated site, then you've encountered comment spam. A lot of this is done automatically by software which can't pass the word verification, so enabling this option is a good way to prevent many such unwanted comments.
Unfortunately, this is more about protecting the blog than it is about the reader's convenience. It's the "cost" of doing business in this, the internet age. Could be worse. And probably will be eventually. Enjoy it while you can.
designed to prevent automated systems from adding comments to a blog, since it takes a human being to read the word and pass this step. If you've ever seena comment that looked like an advertisement or a random link to an unrelated site, then you've encountered comment spam. A lot of this is done automatically by software which can't pass the word verification, so enabling this option is a good way to prevent many such unwanted comments.
Unfortunately, this is more about protecting the blog than it is about the reader's convenience. It's the "cost" of doing business in this, the internet age. Could be worse. And probably will be eventually. Enjoy it while you can.
Plus, if you see one called "re-CAPTCHA," those are part of Google's books-digitization program.
Google digitizes most texts (including "orphaned books," whose copyright status is uncertain, and Google doesn't really give a fig about tracking down the copyright holders, who are dead or who aren't aware their backlist is being digitized without their consent) via Optical Character Recognition software, but words that can't be solved by that are used in the re-CAPTCHA program, where they get solved by blog commenters. smileys/wink.gif
http://www.google.com/recaptcha/learnmore
Google digitizes most texts (including "orphaned books," whose copyright status is uncertain, and Google doesn't really give a fig about tracking down the copyright holders, who are dead or who aren't aware their backlist is being digitized without their consent) via Optical Character Recognition software, but words that can't be solved by that are used in the re-CAPTCHA program, where they get solved by blog commenters. smileys/wink.gif
http://www.google.com/recaptcha/learnmore
steve2-in-la
Well-known member
Short drive, wasn't it? ;>D
They all drive me nuts and here is another one....
I see an ad that has some really cute stuff and I think I would like to go there to see it. So I click and I get a page that says I have to enter my Facebook password or sign up with Facebook to enter the site. Oy! I really despise Facebook for their intrusive ways. I followed a friend of mine who was on a two year RV trip. I only friended her so I could read her blogs, see the pictures she posted and keep track of her. I did not set up my own page. When her trip ended, I never went back there for anything. Yet Facebook has followed me. There is no way to get Facebook out of my life!
I see an ad that has some really cute stuff and I think I would like to go there to see it. So I click and I get a page that says I have to enter my Facebook password or sign up with Facebook to enter the site. Oy! I really despise Facebook for their intrusive ways. I followed a friend of mine who was on a two year RV trip. I only friended her so I could read her blogs, see the pictures she posted and keep track of her. I did not set up my own page. When her trip ended, I never went back there for anything. Yet Facebook has followed me. There is no way to get Facebook out of my life!
Oh, regarding the word verification...
Our grandchildren's school did a fund raiser through a company. We were asked to vote for their school everday,and we could vote three times in one sitting. At each vote I had to do the word verification. Drove me out of my mind for two weeks.
Our grandchildren's school did a fund raiser through a company. We were asked to vote for their school everday,and we could vote three times in one sitting. At each vote I had to do the word verification. Drove me out of my mind for two weeks.
mariadnoca
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I thnk they are getting worse and worse. I haven't tried yet, but most have an audio option
I'm really not sure why they need to be SO blur-bendy that you can't read them. That's annoying! I keep saying I'll give it 3 tries and then I'll do the audio version, but in 3 tries I can usually read one.
I'm really not sure why they need to be SO blur-bendy that you can't read them. That's annoying! I keep saying I'll give it 3 tries and then I'll do the audio version, but in 3 tries I can usually read one.