sdesalas

Sure Seji, sounds like a straight forward change that is helpful for non-js users, without giving spammers any advantage.

Hiya Inge12, Seji:

Thanks for taking time to test the WP Simple Spamcheck plugin and provide feedback. I appreciate your comments about the fact the plugin does not work with JavaScript disabled.

Unfortunately I’m not planning to provide a version of the plugin that degrades gracefully in the event there is no javascript, for the following reasons:

1. JavaScript being disabled is an edge-case not worth coding for in my opinion, as you are only catering to 1% of traffic, and these users will be accustomed to a degraded user experience.

2. It would provide an exploit for spammers that is much easier to circumvent, reducing the effectiveness of the plugin.

However, I do appreciate there was no warning of the fact the plugin will not work with JavaScript turned off, and that the user experience is affected (blank screen) and so I will:

1. Update the plugin description in order to inform webmasters so they can choose alternative plugins that work without JavaScript.

2. Redirect these requests to the page that submitted the comment – even though this means 1% of comments getting lost in the ether (I host several websites so I get way too many comments), the user experience will no be affected for these users.

Regards,
Steven de Salas