[LINK] Fwd: vip-l: Do not call register

[Craig Sanders]

On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 11:44:12AM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
> Craig Sanders wrote:
> >no, but they've got the marketing industry's inaccessibility
> >requirements just right.
> >
> >- it's hideously, unbearably, slow. that kind of slowness takes a lot of
> >  expert tuning.
> >
> >- unneccesary use of https, so that it's even slower and there's no
> >  caching
> >
> >- the site is completely blank (zero content at all) unless you have
> >  javascript enabled
> 
> I don't entirely agree there Craig.  I went there with JS disabled and 
> the only blank screen I got was the last one which, when I realised the 
> problem and temp enabled JS and it had refreshed, told me that an email 
> had been sent.  I got the email fine and the registration confirmed OK.

that's not what happened when i visited. the page was completely blank,
even when i right-clicked and selected "View Page Source" in iceweasel.

enabling javascript for donotcall.gov.au and clicking reload brought up
the main page. eventually...it was ridiculously slow.


> >- CAPTCHA to make it difficult for anyone to automate entering multiple
> >  phone numbers.
> 
> ...and that stops some anti-telemarketer from botting large numbers of 
> DNCs without the owner's consent.  Funnily enough, some people (not me 
> and obviously not you) don't object to telemarketing.

i really can't see that that would be a major problem. even if it did
happen, if anyone actually missed the interruption as they're sitting
down to dinner, they can always get off the DNC list.



> >why is CAPTCHA and encryption necessary for a site like this where there
> >is no sensitive information (and, indeed, the worst result from abuse is
> >that someone who didn't actually register for it themselves might get
> >less phone spam in the future), when other government sites that do deal
> >with sensitive information don't always have appropriate encryption?

good point.  worth saying again.  so i have.

craig

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craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>

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