Comments on: Housekeeping: CAPTCHA mechanism changed

By: Agnes

Agnes — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:35:06 +0000

Hello

Does Adobe provide any open source captcha solutions which can be used from java/jsp?

By: Jp Cooper

Jp Cooper — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:23:43 +0000

I must have missed the CAPTCHA mechanism. I was posting back when you had us type in ‘photoshop’ and now it’s the sophisticated math problem I need a calculator for.
But all in all I like it better than the CAPTCHA stuff. Never have liked that at all.
I find at times when I hit sites like that I’ll refresh the page a dozen times before I find something legible to begin with that I know won’t be rejected.

By: David

David — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:19:37 +0000

haha… I like the question a lot more than the captcha. I frequently find captchas to be hard to read.

By: Dean

Dean — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:13:06 +0000

Are you expecting a numeral or the number spelled out?
[Seems you guessed right. :-) --J.]

By: Clay

Clay — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:37:00 +0000

Geez. I’ve tried posting before. I just thought you didn’t like what I had to say. Every time I had tried to post, even when I put in the correct answer, my posting was denied as SPAM.
If this works, I’ll be surprised.

By: Daemon

Daemon — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:10:20 +0000

I think it’s Four!
Also, why don’t you guys switch to some better blogging engine?
Also #2, why the people at Adobe who really blog a lot, like you, don’t get a REALLY good blog engine, maybe custom made? I know that it could be a corporate drama, but by the freedom-of-speech, couldn’t you have your own blog? (I seriously do not know how is the corporate structure, and I do not know what your contract says :P )
[Yeah, I don't really know, either. For a long time the blogging infrastructure was run on an old Trash-80 powered by a half-dead hamster. I'm not kidding when I say it would take 5+ minutes for any change to appear on the live site. I'm just grateful to have gotten some nice upgrades in recent months. --J.]

By: Mitch

Mitch — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:17:00 +0000

An issue about captcha I don’t see discussed much is that it is very challenging for the aged and people with declining vision.
[That's one reason I wanted to return to the system that you now see. It relies on simple questions, not weird-looking lettering. --J.]
My mother-in-law is an example. She’s in her mid-70s. Captcha on Yahoo is a big challenge for her that causes her a lot of frustration.
I understand the reason for it. ;) I have several spammer attempts each day on my site. I don’t use captcha. People have to register and then I have to review and unblock them. Their e-mail address has to be live.
[Unfortunately, when you work for a big multi-national company, things like requiring user registration become much more complicated. --J.]
This has kept the spammers off. But it’s a hassle for me and — more important — it can be several hours until they get activated. (I have to sleep sometimes. LOL.) That can discourage people from participating.