I help administer the forums at pocketnow, so I thought I'd register here in case I have any questions. (For the record, I also use phpBB at my site.)
My problem was the forum registration. That captcha was a huge pain. I'm nearsighted and had great difficulty reading the images (I had to refresh them several times). Even when I thought that I could read one, I was wrong four or five times.
I understand the purpose of the captcha, but come on, make it a bit easier. What are people with limited vision supposed to do? (I might have missed that option.) People have to pay for this software, and they shouldn't have to jump through hoops to get into the forums. I understand that you don't want spam here (who does?), but please consider a bit more friendly captcha.
You should also state whether the characters in the image are case-sensitive or not. If I see "n2WE3g", I assume that I have to enter them that way, but it's always better to state that explicitly (especially if some of the images can have all capital letters).
Thanks,
Steve
My problem was the forum registration. That captcha was a huge pain. I'm nearsighted and had great difficulty reading the images (I had to refresh them several times). Even when I thought that I could read one, I was wrong four or five times.
I understand the purpose of the captcha, but come on, make it a bit easier. What are people with limited vision supposed to do? (I might have missed that option.) People have to pay for this software, and they shouldn't have to jump through hoops to get into the forums. I understand that you don't want spam here (who does?), but please consider a bit more friendly captcha.
You should also state whether the characters in the image are case-sensitive or not. If I see "n2WE3g", I assume that I have to enter them that way, but it's always better to state that explicitly (especially if some of the images can have all capital letters).
Thanks,
Steve
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