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    NormDroid
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    Just finished implementing a Captcha Control in SilverLight... Do you love or loath Captchas?

    Two heads are better than one.

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      Just finished implementing a Captcha Control in SilverLight... Do you love or loath Captchas?

      Two heads are better than one.

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      Henry Minute
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      Norm .net wrote:

      Do you love or loath Captchas?

      Neither, really. I think they are a good idea that is soooooo often badly implemented.

      Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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        Norm .net wrote:

        Do you love or loath Captchas?

        Neither, really. I think they are a good idea that is soooooo often badly implemented.

        Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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        NormDroid
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        I hope mine isn't I've gone for: Diagnoal Hatched Backgroud (Light Gray) Mixed Upper and Lower (no numberics) Text rotated at -45 +45 degrees (non centered). Steel Blue text. You can choose any number of characters you want to generate and the control is scalable with our worrying on font sizes / spacing etc.

        Two heads are better than one.

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          I hope mine isn't I've gone for: Diagnoal Hatched Backgroud (Light Gray) Mixed Upper and Lower (no numberics) Text rotated at -45 +45 degrees (non centered). Steel Blue text. You can choose any number of characters you want to generate and the control is scalable with our worrying on font sizes / spacing etc.

          Two heads are better than one.

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          Nagy Vilmos
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          Article? ... or ...

          Norm .net wrote:

          numberics

          Proof reader?


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            I hope mine isn't I've gone for: Diagnoal Hatched Backgroud (Light Gray) Mixed Upper and Lower (no numberics) Text rotated at -45 +45 degrees (non centered). Steel Blue text. You can choose any number of characters you want to generate and the control is scalable with our worrying on font sizes / spacing etc.

            Two heads are better than one.

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            Luc Pattyn
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            picture? :)

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              picture? :)

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              NormDroid
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              Here ya go. Captcha[^]

              Two heads are better than one.

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                Article? ... or ...

                Norm .net wrote:

                numberics

                Proof reader?


                Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

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                NormDroid
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                Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                Article?... or ...Norm .net wrote:numbericsProof reader?

                Neither :/

                Two heads are better than one.

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                • N NormDroid

                  Just finished implementing a Captcha Control in SilverLight... Do you love or loath Captchas?

                  Two heads are better than one.

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                  QuiJohn
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                  Did you test it against OCR software? I've seen some that it seems to me could be deciphered by OCR fairly easily. Otherwise, the only time I loathe them is when they defeat my botnets from creating unlimited facebook accounts.


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                    Did you test it against OCR software? I've seen some that it seems to me could be deciphered by OCR fairly easily. Otherwise, the only time I loathe them is when they defeat my botnets from creating unlimited facebook accounts.


                    He said, "Boy I'm just old and lonely, But thank you for your concern, Here's wishing you a Happy New Year." I wished him one back in return.

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                    NormDroid
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                    David Kentley wrote:

                    Did you test it against OCR software? I've seen some that it seems to me could be deciphered by OCR fairly easily

                    Nope, I reckon you could crack it, but it's not really going to be exposed to the general population, so I'm not too worried about OCR.

                    Two heads are better than one.

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                      I hope mine isn't I've gone for: Diagnoal Hatched Backgroud (Light Gray) Mixed Upper and Lower (no numberics) Text rotated at -45 +45 degrees (non centered). Steel Blue text. You can choose any number of characters you want to generate and the control is scalable with our worrying on font sizes / spacing etc.

                      Two heads are better than one.

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                      Mark_Wallace
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                      Have you excluded letters that look similar whether upper or lower case, and zeros, ones, i, l, o, etc? If you haven't, it's a guaranteed PITA.

                      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                        Here ya go. Captcha[^]

                        Two heads are better than one.

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                        Amar Chaudhary
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                        Just make sure it is not case sensitive.

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                        • N NormDroid

                          Just finished implementing a Captcha Control in SilverLight... Do you love or loath Captchas?

                          Two heads are better than one.

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                          Indivara
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                          Your captcha looks OK. Now c(r)aptchas like this I loath http://www.narnio.com/2010/08/20/leaving-linkedin/[^] X|

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                            Have you excluded letters that look similar whether upper or lower case, and zeros, ones, i, l, o, etc? If you haven't, it's a guaranteed PITA.

                            I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                            NormDroid
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                            Nope, that for the advice. That would leave only a few Characters.

                            ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
                            ab defgh lmn qr t y

                            Maybe include numbers.

                            Two heads are better than one.

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                              Have you excluded letters that look similar whether upper or lower case, and zeros, ones, i, l, o, etc? If you haven't, it's a guaranteed PITA.

                              I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                              Rage
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                              A true CLITA. Captcha Letters ITA.

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                                Your captcha looks OK. Now c(r)aptchas like this I loath http://www.narnio.com/2010/08/20/leaving-linkedin/[^] X|

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                                NormDroid
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                                Yes these style captchas are rather on the excessive side.

                                Two heads are better than one.

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                                  Here ya go. Captcha[^]

                                  Two heads are better than one.

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                                  Luc Pattyn
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                                  Thanks. I suggest you limit rotation to [-30,+30]. is the first letter a Z, a z, or an N? is it case-sensitive? I'd like captchas to be somewhat tolerant, say accepting one wrong or missing character. All to often it is impossible to get them right. :)

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                                    Thanks. I suggest you limit rotation to [-30,+30]. is the first letter a Z, a z, or an N? is it case-sensitive? I'd like captchas to be somewhat tolerant, say accepting one wrong or missing character. All to often it is impossible to get them right. :)

                                    Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

                                    Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, they preserve indentation, and improve readability.

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                                    NormDroid
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                                    Good point. :)

                                    Two heads are better than one.

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                                      Just finished implementing a Captcha Control in SilverLight... Do you love or loath Captchas?

                                      Two heads are better than one.

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                                      Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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                                      They are a fun aside to the day to day grind of business programming. Unfortunately, modern character recognition is very good, slave labor is very cheap, and the baby boom generation has degenerating eye-sight and computer literacy issues.

                                      Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. I also do Android Programming as I find it a refreshing break from the MS. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost

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                                        They are a fun aside to the day to day grind of business programming. Unfortunately, modern character recognition is very good, slave labor is very cheap, and the baby boom generation has degenerating eye-sight and computer literacy issues.

                                        Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. I also do Android Programming as I find it a refreshing break from the MS. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost

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                                        NormDroid
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                                        Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:

                                        and the baby boom generation has degenerating eye-sight and computer literacy issues.

                                        So very true.

                                        Two heads are better than one.

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                                          Nope, that for the advice. That would leave only a few Characters.

                                          ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
                                          ab defgh lmn qr t y

                                          Maybe include numbers.

                                          Two heads are better than one.

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                                          Mark_Wallace
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                                          Norm .net wrote:

                                          That would leave only a few Characters.

                                          But no-one would know. ;)

                                          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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