I’ve added a captcha to the comments form. I know, captchas can be kind of annoying, but I was getting fed up with having to delete comment spam. I know I don’t get nearly as much comment spam as people who use popular blogging systems like WordPress or Movable Type, but it was still enough to grate on my nerves.
Anyway, let me know if you have any problems with the captcha, notice any weird behavior, or just find the thing so damn annoying that you vow never to visit my site again.
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Seems unobtrusive to me. Your blog has come a long way, baby.
Ha-ha! I have defeated your “security code” and now can link to my Bass-o-matic website!!!
Jen emailed:
Anyone else experiencing this? If so, email me. Any details you can give (such as your browser) would be helpful.
Good to see you’re reading JKO’T. Comments work for me. Firefox on Linux & XP.
You need captchas like Mac, with crazy words.
Ken:
I don’t know what JKO’T is, Ken, but glad to know comments are working for you…
Audacity (I feel silly referring to you by the name of your web site):
I’ll check into where she got her captchas from. I’d like to try these out for a while, though, and if too many people have problems, then try someting else.
That’s a good idea, and long overdue.
I heard about this advertising scheme on a another blog, that gives away free Sony portable gaming systems. It sounded like a scam, but after I googled it, it was legitmiate. You have to sign up for an offer from one the sponser companies. I did a free trial one. Here’s the link, check it out.
Sony PSP
Fine idea. You’re not forcing people to register — and, god, do people hate doing that! — and so there is no reason for complaints. We do what we have to do.
Your captcha turns me on. Of course I will be back.
You either are or you are NOT reading Confederacy Of Dunces.
Author, author!
Yeah, I’m reading it, for the second time. John Kennedy Toole. Where’s the O?
I’m using Opera and it seems to be working…
I’m also reading Confederacy of Dunces! Strange, small world.
Very nice! If you can add this to Bloglanta, I’d be doubly impressed :-D
Sure Joe, I can add it! I might need my permissions modified or something though (not entirely familiar with MT’s backend - I know I’m not able to delete comment spam at the moment). In addition, there are two files I’ll need to upload somewhere - one that generates the image, the other that checks for a match in what the user entered. I’ll go ahead and explore the Bloglanta backend (why does that sound so dirty?) and get back to you if necessary.
That’ll be $100. ;) (Or, your undying gratitude and appreciation.)
Test. Test One-Two. Hello. Ugh, does my voice really sound like that?
Just seeing if this works.
His last name was O’Toole.
http://home.comcast.net/~dwtaylor1/pulitzerfiction.html
Won the P prize in 81.
Well, that’s funny, because my book says Toole. So does the Amazon page.
Huh.
Interesting. I see conflicting info. on his name. Maybe I just absorbed the O’ into what I thought it was. Difficult to say since I haven’t read that in twenty years.
Damn good O’though.
Sorry, the security code you entered did not match. Please try again.
That’s pretty o’weird.
Are you having issues with the captcha?
I did. Had to back-a-page, refresh, return to get a different code to enter.
Hmmm. Keep me updated as to whether this happens again or certainly if it happens on a regular basis. (This goes for all the rest of ya, too!) Were you still using Firefox?
Okay, seriously folks. If any of you are having any problems with the captcha, please email me and let me know!