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Re: CAPTCHAS [was] Re:? I don't even know what subjectheading to put for this question :)

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From: Darrel Austin
Date: Sep 20, 2006 4:40PM


On Sep 20, 2006, at 1:02 PM, Christian Heilmann wrote:

>> We have found that we have a need for
>> it in one area of our site.


Do you REALLY need it?

These are not only often accessible, but usually hard to use and just
plain annoying.

I was helping my father set up a Flickr account the other month and
between the two of us, we had to guess at 4 separate captchas before
we finally got it right.

Just be sure that IF you are using them you have run out of all other
options. Annoying the end-user should always be a last resort.

-Darrel