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IIRC, original Recaptcha was about OCR of books that weren't readable. I'm not sure why anyone uses it right now. Like you said, it's obvious where it's going.
by romaniv 8y ago
IIRC, original Recaptcha was about OCR of books that weren't readable. I'm not sure why anyone uses it right now. Like you said, it's obvious where it's going. Not to mention that it's increasingly annoying for users.
- robin_reala 8y agoAnd completely accessible. RECAPTCHA is basically impossible to use if you need a screen reader or have any sort of visual impairment. Hell, I’ve have problems as a EU resident due to differences between street signs between here and the US.
- Doctor_Fegg 8y agoYep. “Click on the images containing a crosswalk.” I’m British. That’s not a word we use.
- liveoneggs 8y ago"find the zebra" might be more confusing :)
- raverbashing 8y agoI don't see what's so hard about it. Captcha descriptions are also localized but I understand why they wouldn't do US<>UK.
- Doctor_Fegg 8y agoWhat's hard is that 90% of UK residents won't understand what they're being asked to do.
- raverbashing 8y agoYes because "crosswalk" is an opaque word that doesn't have an obvious meaning (and not present in commonly consumed media from the US). While there is some potential for confusion, I don't think that stands for that specific word.
- justinclift 8y agoIt's where two footpaths cross each other? :)