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Offline Allan RO

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CAPTCHA
« on: March 08, 2015, 05:25:06 PM »
Can someone explain the usefulness of the 'Captchasol' in reporting errors.  I have just reported a mis-spelling of Isaac Newton and my whole message was deleted because the Captcha was so indistinct that I misread it.   Instead of giving me a second chance it deleted my post.   It is a stupid bloody waste of time and effort and I can see absolutely NO reason for having to use it.  I shall certainly not be using it in future.

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Re: CAPTCHA
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2015, 06:11:41 PM »
Should have just copy your message before sending...
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Re: CAPTCHA
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2015, 06:24:37 PM »
So you reported a simple mis-spelling and the message got deleted. Did you add Isaac Newton's biography to the error report or what's this fuss all about?

Apart from Denis' excellent suggestion you could also click on the speaker-symbol to the right of the captcha and have an audible captcha...

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Re: CAPTCHA
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2015, 06:45:29 PM »
Allan, I hope this will make you feel better - some days ago I spent an hour at night sending correct/missing IMOs via that link just to find out soon that those IMOs weren't added to all those photos because all my messages, as it turns out, instead of arriving in Ken's inbox, went somewhere else!  I'm sure I was using that special error report link above the comment field...
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Offline Allan RO

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Re: CAPTCHA
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2015, 08:11:55 PM »
Why should you have to copy the message?  Surely simply reporting an error should be sufficient without having to play the stupid recognition game.

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Re: CAPTCHA
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2015, 08:30:26 PM »
It's to avoid spam /automatic messages.
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Re: CAPTCHA
« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2015, 09:27:42 PM »
Captcha is being read by automated systems as reported by Google .."However, our research recently showed that today

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Re: CAPTCHA
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2015, 05:35:05 AM »
Yes, I gave up after four attempts last week, after putting in correct CAPTCHAs and having them all rejected as incorrect, Regards, Brian

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Re: CAPTCHA
« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2015, 07:53:57 AM »
Cheers Brian, glad it's not just me.  I'll not bother again.

Allan

 

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