Captcha !! 22 February 2017 at 9:45PM edited 30 November -1 at 1:00AM in Site Feedback 5 replies 1.8K views

Saver-upper

I was reading on the feedback forum about the new CAPTCHA malarky that MSE have going on at the moment.

Yesterday I encountered it for the first time.It was pretty straight-forward: ticked a box confirming "I am not a robot".Job done.

However,tonight,I spent about15 minutes composing a response to a post on a thread I am on.Just incase,I copy/pasted it (a couple of times!!),then pressed "submit".Oh my!!Not just a tick-box exercise,but a collection of 8 blurry photos,with the instruction to tick the ones that contain a street sign :eek:.The first time I attempted it,the page never reloaded,apparently the second time I tried it,I got the answer wrong.

I then went to another version I had C+P'd,tried again to post,and finally got an " I am not a robot" tickbox,which worked.

So I am wondering,is this a permanent feature of MSE,or is there bugs in the system that just need to be ironed out?My computer is very slow (probably because I have many many windows open at once ),so I am not sure how much more I can take of spending10 minutes to post something I have already taken 10 minutes to compose.

The CAPTCHA page mentions running anti-virus program.If I do this,will I be able to post without all the other malarky first?

Thank you.

coolcait

It's really irritating, MSE.

I could just about live with having to click the boxes which contain road signs (is that just the actual sign part, or also the post part?)or window blinds or trees or whatever the captcha imps choose.

Having the screen go blank, and losing your draft post, after you've dutifully clicked. That's beyond irritating.

sarah1972

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5602375

Saver-upper

sarah1972 wrote: »

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5602375

Ahh,so MSE has been made aware of the problem for nearly 2 weeks.That's good-I am sure they are working on it by now.
Thank you Sarah

Browntoa

I would assume it's an anti spambot system , the script will not cope with varied steps or the captcha

Rainbowgirl84

Saver-upper wrote: »

Ahh,so MSE has been made aware of the problem for nearly 2 weeks.That's good-I am sure they are working on it by now.
Thank you Sarah

I wouldn't bet on it. The forum is not a priority for MSE.