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September 20, 2006
Handicapped??
So today I was leaving a comment on a friend's blog. After typing in my words of wisdom, I went to submit my comment. To do so, you must first enter in the "word verification" code - a large, bold-faced set of a dozen, or so, English characters (see the pic below). Not a problem. As I did, I noticed that there was the unmistakable person in a wheelchair "handicap" logo next to the text box where I had just entered my code. Being the curious person I am, I moved mouse cursor atop the logo. A pop-up message box with "listen and type the numbers you hear" came up. It really made me think about the point of this function. I honestly couldn't think of ANY reason for it. If you can't read or type in the obnoxiously huge "verification word", then you sure as hell won't be able to read or type in the small text into the comment box. Nor would you be likely to even see the tiny handicapped logo. It's just one of life's illogicalities that I may never be understand. Let me know if any of you have a clue...
Posted by aeon3 at September 20, 2006 12:29 AM