Small usability requests

Posted by dbassendine on August 8, 2007 at 10:57am

Issue Summary

Great module! Some small tweaks that I'd suggest:

* Change the weight of the recaptcha form item to '1' from '-1': having the test right at the top puts it before the explanatory text for the registration form, and breaks up the flow of the form. It seems more logical to have it just before the "submit" button.

* Make the error message more user-friendly: currently "The reCAPTCHA code you entered was incorrect." but most users won't know what a recaptcha is (despite the text on the box). Why not something like "The words you entered did not match the image. Try the image or audio test again."

Just my two pence! Thanks, David.

Comments

#1

Posted by Rob Loach on August 9, 2007 at 3:13pm

Thanks for the suggestions!

For the weight of the form, I'm not sure how it's managed in the 4.7 branch, but in 5.x, the Captcha module puts the form right above the submit button. So, if you make an issue about the 4.7 branch of Captcha, the issue should be addressed.

As for the error message, what if it was customizable? What if in the recaptcha settings, you could set what message would display when they enter the wrong code? Would that solve the problem?

#2

Posted by dbassendine on August 9, 2007 at 7:20pm

Thanks, Rob.

1.) In 4.7, it ends up right at the top: very easy to change, but I'll submit a separate issue.

2.) Yes, that would be way better than hard-coding the message! Good idea.

Cheers, David

#3

Posted by kthagen on August 9, 2007 at 11:44pm

Status:

active

» needs review

Here's my proposal: the weight of the recaptcha image is now selectable from the admin page. That way, if you can put it where you want. It might be even better to make the weight independently selectable for each form that is altered, but I don't have the time to create that.

I also have a patch for 5.x, which I'll post shortly.

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#4

Posted by kthagen on August 10, 2007 at 1:50am

Status:

needs review

» fixed

I've now implemented the custom error message as well, and committed patches for both issues to 4.7.x-1.x-dev. I've also filed patches against 5.x as separate issues.