Aaron
Friday 6th February 2009 4:24am
Royal Berkshire
69,949 posts
Quote: billwill @ February 5 2009, 10:59 PM GMT
3. Er just as a matter of interest how would you know whether the reCatcha site is run by Internet crooks or not. It would be an ideal cover for a system for breaking Captcha for other sites.
I'm not sure where to even start answering this. It's a reasonably well known, reputable system. If you think your site is that important and that upsing someone else's system is too dangerous, then that's a judgement for you. The front page says it's copyright Carnegie Mellon, and just a couple of clicks will confirm that for you on CM's own site.
In any case, how would any other users know that YOUR site isn't run by these pesky 'Internet crooks'? To be totally blunt, it doesn't exactly look professional.
Quote: billwill @ February 5 2009, 10:59 PM GMT
2. That's boring I wanted to try something new.
Don't reinvent the wheel. Don't make your users think. If someone's coming to your site for help, chances are they're exasperated and tired already - hardly in the mood for all these brain teasers. It's like you're actively trying to stop anyone from signing up. I wouldn't expect that kind of thing unless I was actively looking for a site with mental quizzes and challenges, and I cannot think of anyone who would sit through it rather than head back to Google and find somewhere else.
And that's not even with my HCI hat on.
