Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox (Namoroka-3.6.8, actually) and Epiphany-2.31-r1 both fail to show captchas

["Kevin O'Gorman" <kogorman@gmail.com>]

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On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Michael Orlitzky <michael@orlitzky.com>wrote:

> On 08/26/2010 04:29 PM, Paul Hartman wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Kevin O'Gorman<kogorman@gmail.com>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> On a number of websites, I've been unable to see the "captcha" that I
>>> need
>>> to complete my business.  Neither the image nor the response show up.
>>>
>>> Opera, on the other hand, works fine (as does IE on my Windoze laptop).
>>>
>>> For instance, I can register (it's free) with the NY Times, read an
>>> article
>>> (example: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/world/asia/26kabul.html) but
>>> if
>>> I try to email this to anyone using the link that appears on the page,
>>> I'm
>>> confronted with a dialog that should have a captcha and a box for my
>>> answer.  It does not appear, and I cannot proceed.
>>>
>>
>> I can't try that page because it requires an account to email to
>> someone else. But, in general, my first suspects would be if you're
>> using NoScript or AdBlockPlus and perhaps they are not allowing the
>> javascript from the captcha service to run.
>>
>>
> I just emailed myself that article, and there was no Captcha? Only had to
> disable NoScript to get the "E-mail" popup to show.
>
> That's normal.  I hadn't noticed, but the captcha does not appear until you
type something in the message box of the email popup.  On the systems with
the fault, all I see is a message: "Word verification prevents automated
systems from adding spam messages to your email."
On Opera or IE, one also sees the captcha and a field to fill out.


-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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