Comments on: Integrated Akismet with my About page http://sudarmuthu.com/blog/2006/10/01/integrated-akismet-with-my-about-page.html Collection of Sudar's Night Dreamings.... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:41:55 +0530 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Sudar http://sudarmuthu.com/blog/2006/10/01/integrated-akismet-with-my-about-page.html#comment-9252 Sudar Sun, 14 Jan 2007 04:11:23 +0000 http://sudarmuthu.com/blog/2006/10/01/integrated-akismet-with-my-about-page.html#comment-9252 Hi Deepak, As you have said Akimet is an excellent system and no doubt in that. But I some how feel that CAPTCHA can cause usability problem. Leave alone the people who use screen readers but even normal people sometimes tremble over when recognize a CAPTCHA. More over I feel that using a CAPTCHA system may frustrate some users and users should be given the minimum barrier to comment on an article. That�s why I even allow anonymous comments. Because that way you will get the actual feed back (even if it is negative). May be that�s just me who feels that way ;-) Cheers, Sudar Hi Deepak,

As you have said Akimet is an excellent system and no doubt in that. But I some how feel that CAPTCHA can cause usability problem. Leave alone the people who use screen readers but even normal people sometimes tremble over when recognize a CAPTCHA. More over I feel that using a CAPTCHA system may frustrate some users and users should be given the minimum barrier to comment on an article. That�s why I even allow anonymous comments. Because that way you will get the actual feed back (even if it is negative). May be that�s just me who feels that way ;-)

Cheers,
Sudar

]]> By: Deepak Kumar Vasudevan http://sudarmuthu.com/blog/2006/10/01/integrated-akismet-with-my-about-page.html#comment-9248 Deepak Kumar Vasudevan Sun, 14 Jan 2007 03:59:33 +0000 http://sudarmuthu.com/blog/2006/10/01/integrated-akismet-with-my-about-page.html#comment-9248 Akismet is really excellent API. I think Akismet along with an image CAPTCHA implementation, can really stamp out any comment spam. But I observe one gap. Wordpress has Akismet but no CAPTCHA and blogger does the reverse way. What I feel is that both are required in a finer mix so that with CAPTCHA, spam comments do not enter the system at all, instead of recieving, storing and then sorting out as SPAM. What do you say? Akismet is really excellent API. I think Akismet along with an image CAPTCHA implementation, can really stamp out any comment spam. But I observe one gap. Wordpress has Akismet but no CAPTCHA and blogger does the reverse way.

What I feel is that both are required in a finer mix so that with CAPTCHA, spam comments do not enter the system at all, instead of recieving, storing and then sorting out as SPAM. What do you say?

]]> By: Sudar http://sudarmuthu.com/blog/2006/10/01/integrated-akismet-with-my-about-page.html#comment-3340 Sudar Sun, 01 Oct 2006 09:23:09 +0000 http://sudarmuthu.com/blog/2006/10/01/integrated-akismet-with-my-about-page.html#comment-3340 Hi Andrew, I was under the impression that you wrote it, anyways will include Paul's name also. Cheers, Sudar Hi Andrew,

I was under the impression that you wrote it, anyways will include Paul’s name also.

Cheers,
Sudar

]]> By: Andrew Ferguson http://sudarmuthu.com/blog/2006/10/01/integrated-akismet-with-my-about-page.html#comment-3337 Andrew Ferguson Sun, 01 Oct 2006 05:42:56 +0000 http://sudarmuthu.com/blog/2006/10/01/integrated-akismet-with-my-about-page.html#comment-3337 I actually did <em>not</em> write the Akismet class for PHP4, a chap by the name of Paul Duncan did. His link is http://pablotron.org/?cid=1485 I actually did not write the Akismet class for PHP4, a chap by the name of Paul Duncan did. His link is http://pablotron.org/?cid=1485

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