Re: [pear-webmaster] feedback wanted on CAPTCHA system

On Fri Aug 13, 2004 at 12:1515PM -0400, Daniel Convissor wrote: > A few weeks ago I committed code that can be used for generating > CAPTCHAs for pearweb. It can then be extrapolated for use on the > other php.net sites. > > The source of the image generation is at: > http://cvs.php.net/co.php/pearweb/public_html/captcha-image.php > > and the value generation is at the bottom of: > http://cvs.php.net/co.php/pearweb/include/pear-format-html.php Cool stuff! > I chose letters that are fuzzy so they would be harder to decipher via > optical character recognition, which is a real problem for CAPTCHA > systems. Of course, the fuzzyness makes it a bit harder for people to > read too, but I feel the tradeoff is worth it. If the letters > presented in a give CAPTCHA are REALLY too hard new rendering of the > same letters is obtainable by refreshing the help page. I must admit that I had a hard time deciphering one of our CAPTCHA images. Can you make the letters a bit "less fuzzy"? (Sorry for the vague request.) All in all this is really great stuff and I'd be glad to have this implemented on the website. -- - Martin Martin Jansen http://martinjansen.com/