On 01/03/2008, Roan Kattouw <roan.kattouw(a)home.nl> wrote:
Ilmari Karonen schreef:
> URL + MIME type, plus possibly some explanatory
text, should really be
> enough for any CAPTCHA. They're supposed to be pretty self-explanatory
> anyway.
> One could even use "data:" URLs for short in-line CAPTHAs if one wanted.
Text responses (text/plain for SimpleCaptcha and
text/tex for
MathCaptcha) are currently presented using the 'question' field rather
than the 'url' field.
Will putting this in for the API help at all with implementing it in
the usual web interface to MediaWiki? i.e., bugs
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4845
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10340
The plaintive bug report for 10340 is well worth reading.
- d.