Do you like captcha codes which are animated/moving text?

Post by **froggyboy604** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 6:28 am

Yes, Animated captcha codes make it harder for Spambots to register for forums, and blogs.

As long as I can read the captcha code, I don't have a problem. But, I see animated captcha code as a problem for people with bad eyesight or are nearly blind.

But, I think more advance spam bots can pause the animation or take a screenshot for the captcha, so they can read it to register on a forum to start spamming by typing in the captch correctly.

Skeithex · Post by **Skeithex** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 6:47 am

I've never seen animated or moving text before.

Post by **froggyboy604** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:33 am

Indeed, animated captchas are pretty rare, I only saw 2 animated captcha codes in my life.

Skeithex · Post by **Skeithex** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:34 am

they are not popular/don't work or put too much strain on the register page.

Post by **froggyboy604** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:20 pm

I think they might be too advance, so most forums and blogs don't bother installing them.

Skeithex · Post by **Skeithex** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:36 am

I don't see how they can be advance, should be the same code but instead of png or jpg it's gif for the image.

Post by **froggyboy604** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:51 am

They're probably animated Gif. But, I guest few people use them because animated captchas might not work because the text is usually easy to read, but just moving..

Quiz questions like 1+1=2 usually work better I heard for reducing spammers without annoying visitors unless they're not smart enough to know what 1+1 =2/