Cuter than CAPTCHAs?
– posted July 30th, 2008 by Laurence Veale Comments (7)
I had a little chuckle when I saw this alternative to the horrible CAPTCHAs that litter the path of good design.
An acceptable alternative to CAPTCHAs?
An Illegible CAPTCHA…
Seen any other good alternatives?
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Categories Accessibility, Design, Spotted, Usability
7 comments so far
1. Sinéad on Jul 30th, 2008 - 15:44
KittenAuth is the best alternative to text CAPTCHAs that I’ve ever seen.
2. Katherine on Jul 30th, 2008 - 15:46
I don’t know why someone hadn’t thought of that “Are you human?” question before! Hilarious!
But there’s nothing worse than a CAPTCHA you can’t read.
3. Cormac Moylan on Jul 30th, 2008 - 16:31
No CAPTCHA is the best CAPTCHA. Spam detection should done on the server rather than on the users’ end as much as possible. It’s lazy development to be relying on CAPTCHAs in my opinion.
4. Laurence Veale on Jul 30th, 2008 - 17:09
Agreed, Cormac - why expose the security failings of your internal system on the user interface.
Askimet is a decent example of the approach you’ve outlined.
5. Cormac Moylan on Jul 30th, 2008 - 17:15
Askimet is a fantastic technology.
My biggest annoyance about CAPTCHAs is that they don’t distinguish between users and bots until one of them have interacted with the form. Why put your users through an unnecessary hurdle? It reeks of distrust and lackluster security.
6. Beverly Hills on Aug 17th, 2008 - 19:50
CAPTCHAS are OK until you’ve put in a lot of thought on the comment, gotten it all typed in, are ready to submit it , and can’t read the CAPTCHA.
What is just as bad are the questions that you would have to be in MENSA to comprehend !
Beverly
7. Sinéad on Aug 23rd, 2008 - 14:01
Thought you guys would appreciate this http://www.docstoc.com/docs/10.....f-All-Time
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