OT: Please sign the Google word verification petition - JohnEsak

[John Esak]

Thanks,

These tests drive me crazy... even when I can/could catch a glimpse through
my little scope. They would have a W right next to a wavy little graphic
that looks just like a W, too. How annoying.

Unfortunately, we are going to have to wait until more low-level programmers
get older and go blind from natural macula degeneration before things change
with regard to making things accessible. (for blind people at least... there
are other kinds of disabilities people get which leave them without computer
usage also.  It's all very hard to deal with.) Eventually, people will get
it all together.

John



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> Subject: Re: OT: Please sign the Google word verification petition -
> JohnEsak
>
>
> I hate those schemes anywhere.  The worst (and I haven't had to do it with
> Google in ages--maybe since I used adwords) is that with many,
> many places,
> the font they have you trying to read in the graphic is NOT
> suited to being
> interpreted easily.  They'll also put it against a background with a grid,
> or dots, or whatever--presumably to fool OCR software.
>
> Unfortunately, I'm -sighted- and still fail probably 30%+ of those kinds
> of verifications the first and maybe even second time through until I get
> characters generated that are actuall distinguishable.  The whole 1 versus
> l, f vs t, 6 vs G, etc., is all very difficult in most
> representations even
> when you -can- see.  Some of these may as well be Rorshach tests.
>
> To me, that speaks of lousy design in the first place.  I'm more
> than happy
> to sign the petition!
>
> mark->
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