https://www.90percentofeverything.com/2012/09/05/another-reason-not-to-use-recaptcha/ User Experience Design, Research & Good Old Fashioned Usability Sat, 08 Sep 2012 19:41:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.90percentofeverything.com/2012/09/05/another-reason-not-to-use-recaptcha/#comment-242086 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 19:41:08 +0000 http://www.90percentofeverything.com/?p=6103#comment-242086 I very recently experienced the audio reCAPTCHA for the first time (repeatedly couldn’t read the letters correctly) and sat there dumbfounded. I still don’t even know what I’m listening out for. “Type what you hear.” Yeah, right.

]]> https://www.90percentofeverything.com/2012/09/05/another-reason-not-to-use-recaptcha/#comment-241574 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 08:12:51 +0000 http://www.90percentofeverything.com/?p=6103#comment-241574 I am clearly also an android with memories implanted into my digital cortex because it usually takers me about 10 attempts and a lot of guess-work to get these right. There are dozens of websites and even a few paid subscription sites I have given up trying to access because of these. Where I work we use a simple question. ‘What is the opposite of cold’. This is enough to keep most spam away and is a much better compromise between loss of users and piles of spam.

]]> https://www.90percentofeverything.com/2012/09/05/another-reason-not-to-use-recaptcha/#comment-241152 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 23:41:05 +0000 http://www.90percentofeverything.com/?p=6103#comment-241152 I’m obviously no longer human as I routinely fail to get these now. And you’re right, the audio version is just plain weird.

]]> https://www.90percentofeverything.com/2012/09/05/another-reason-not-to-use-recaptcha/#comment-241077 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:19:46 +0000 http://www.90percentofeverything.com/?p=6103#comment-241077 Wow. I don’t even know what happened. Just gibberish for 30 seconds.

]]> https://www.90percentofeverything.com/2012/09/05/another-reason-not-to-use-recaptcha/#comment-241053 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:53:21 +0000 http://www.90percentofeverything.com/?p=6103#comment-241053 It’s not just you. Sounds horrible in addition to being impossible to solve. My poor ears.

]]> https://www.90percentofeverything.com/2012/09/05/another-reason-not-to-use-recaptcha/#comment-241046 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:25:36 +0000 http://www.90percentofeverything.com/?p=6103#comment-241046 This was a stunner. Because it must be heard to be believed, I recorded it and uploaded the file to http://lumino.us/tests/recaptcha.mp3. Makes me think of Dada poetry.

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