Comments on: Email Image Protection http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2007/09/12/email-image-protection/ Robert Accettura's Personal Blog on Web Development and Tech Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:10:32 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gerv http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2007/09/12/email-image-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-188141 Gerv Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:18:31 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2007/09/12/email-image-protection/#comment-188141 The extension only works with the specific font and style Facebook uses. Generalising it to any text is a hard problem (that's why CAPTCHAs are still reasonably effective). The other problem, in the general case, is determining which images on a web page are actually email addresses. Please don't encourage people to replace email address links with forms. I recently moved house. I was able to email my change of address to 15 companies easily, but for some, I had to fill in individual "feedback forms", which was a pain. The customer is always right. Provide a means to contact your company by email. Deal with the spam - it's a fact of life. The extension only works with the specific font and style Facebook uses. Generalising it to any text is a hard problem (that’s why CAPTCHAs are still reasonably effective). The other problem, in the general case, is determining which images on a web page are actually email addresses.

Please don’t encourage people to replace email address links with forms. I recently moved house. I was able to email my change of address to 15 companies easily, but for some, I had to fill in individual “feedback forms”, which was a pain. The customer is always right. Provide a means to contact your company by email. Deal with the spam – it’s a fact of life.

]]> By: David Naylor http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2007/09/12/email-image-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-187473 David Naylor Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:55:04 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2007/09/12/email-image-protection/#comment-187473 Duh, it stripped the HTML... I'll try again: na<span style="display:none">30iv90e9</span>ylor<span style="display:none">tq5</span>83@<span style="display:none">9kkk</span>gmail<span style="display:none">44b</span>.<span style="display:none">xex</span>com Duh, it stripped the HTML… I’ll try again:

na<span style=”display:none”>30iv90e9</span>ylor<span style=”display:none”>tq5</span>83@<span style=”display:none”>9kkk</span>gmail<span style=”display:none”>44b</span>.<span style=”display:none”>xex</span>com

]]> By: David Naylor http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2007/09/12/email-image-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-187472 David Naylor Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:53:15 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2007/09/12/email-image-protection/#comment-187472 Here's what I did on my photography website: na30iv90e9ylortq583@9kkkgmail44b.xexcom Here’s what I did on my photography website:

na30iv90e9ylortq583@9kkkgmail44b.xexcom

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