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I just downloaded their browser 10 min ago and I can't really tell any difference in search. Haven't really tried any other g products yet. They claim to be op

I just downloaded their browser 10 min ago and I can't really tell any difference in search. Haven't really tried any other g products yet. They claim to be open and most things are opt in but im not sure why their "human web" is not opt in.

big_chungus 7y ago
Have you tried a re captcha yet? They're awful on firefox (read: non-chrome), especially if not signed into a google account.
- true_religion 7y ago
  Is there any good alternative to recaptcha?
  - ben509 7y ago
    That question has come up a few times, lots of good discussion in this post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20058697 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20058697 And the back and forth on whether you really need it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20158386 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20158386
- bifrost 7y ago
  Recaptcha works fine on FF...
  - vorticalbox 7y ago
    Sure it works be Google will make ff do more steps and even load the images slower on the "click till non match" ones
  - jcranmer 7y ago
    It's not that it doesn't work, it's that there is an anecdotal bias towards making you do more work to prove you're not a robot. I don't use Chrome, so I can't tell how bad it is on a comparative basis, but (especially in private browsing mode) Recaptcha can make you cycle through a half-dozen different images looking for the traffic lights or what not before letting you continue.
    - __jal 7y ago
      > Recaptcha can make you cycle through a half-dozen different images That's when I just leave. If I'm feeling nice, I'll drop the site owner a note explaining why, but usually not. Nobody's site is that great.
      - boring_twenties 7y ago
        I had to stop ordering from Newegg because they wanted me to recaptcha just to log into my account. It seems to be fixed now, though.
- Wheaties466 7y ago
  This seemed to work well. I can't find a better test. https://patrickhlauke.github.io/recaptcha/ https://patrickhlauke.github.io/recaptcha/
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big_chungus 7y ago

Have you tried a re captcha yet? They're awful on firefox (read: non-chrome), especially if not signed into a google account.

true_religion 7y ago
Is there any good alternative to recaptcha?
- ben509 7y ago
  That question has come up a few times, lots of good discussion in this post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20058697 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20058697 And the back and forth on whether you really need it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20158386 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20158386
bifrost 7y ago
Recaptcha works fine on FF...
- vorticalbox 7y ago
  Sure it works be Google will make ff do more steps and even load the images slower on the "click till non match" ones
- jcranmer 7y ago
  It's not that it doesn't work, it's that there is an anecdotal bias towards making you do more work to prove you're not a robot. I don't use Chrome, so I can't tell how bad it is on a comparative basis, but (especially in private browsing mode) Recaptcha can make you cycle through a half-dozen different images looking for the traffic lights or what not before letting you continue.
  - __jal 7y ago
    > Recaptcha can make you cycle through a half-dozen different images That's when I just leave. If I'm feeling nice, I'll drop the site owner a note explaining why, but usually not. Nobody's site is that great.
    - boring_twenties 7y ago
      I had to stop ordering from Newegg because they wanted me to recaptcha just to log into my account. It seems to be fixed now, though.
Wheaties466 7y ago
This seemed to work well. I can't find a better test. https://patrickhlauke.github.io/recaptcha/ https://patrickhlauke.github.io/recaptcha/
- deleted 7y ago
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