Change is bad

[lester]

ok to avoid issues with those that are colour blind and those that cannot determine lower case from upper case

i've enabled a simple question and answer test .

[Phil]

short stupid question.

is it too difficult or confusing

[Phil]

we all know and love Tesla , dont we???

[lester]

any comments, post here.

suggest better questions if you like.

[Jerson]

Lester:

I am thinking more in terms of using the MOTD(message of the day) function to get a message. Then prompt the user to type in a randomly chosen word position from the message to validate the posting.

for example : The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
prompt : type in the fifth word of the message
or : type in the highlighted word
answer to accept : jumps
result : bingo - you are a human

I do not know how hard it is to put this together, but it might be worth a try.

Actually as I tried to post this after a preview, the prompt had changed and I actually like what you have now.

Jerson

[mackrackit]

I think the question and answer idea is good.

[Darrel Taylor]

ok to avoid issues with those that are colour blind and those that cannot determine lower case from upper case

i've enabled a simple question and answer test .

WOW!

Unless Melanie got to them first ...
An entire 24 hour period without any SPAM to delete.

Oh No ... I'm Obsolete

[mister_e]

Once we have the "EDIT" button back, we'll be all set

[Archangel]

This does not seem to work at keeping out the spammers. I think only allowing Moderated posts for a newbies first few posts, and permanent banning of Spammer violators will work (those persistent enough to learn enough to pass the real vs spammer test), and that might not work.
In a forum, spammers are the electronic equivalent of having gang bangers crash your daughter's 11th birthday party. Nothing wrong with having bouncers. Might need more bouncers.

[DanPBP]

Thanks! I'm color blinded too and the random question looks good

[Ioannis]

1. For those that are borred to log-in, there is a little check box to let them get in without User name and Password.

2. If this questions will save me time when there are spams that drive me to very old threads, just to see that there was nothing posted, then BY ALL MEANS I accept the new filter.

Ioannis

[Archangel]

Hi Ioannis,
The question as it exists, causes me no pain. The original thing which spawned this thread was using those little boxes with multi colored skewed hard to read characters, The letters were so distorted it made them nearly impossible to discern what they were, Lester killed that and replaced it with the system now in force, much better. Thanks Lester !