DJofSD
09-04-2008, 11:11 AM
Not that it makes a hill of beans difference, I thought I would post a notice that BRIS has made a change on their web site.
In the past, if you accessed too many files in too short a period of time, you'd get a prompt for a psuedo random password to be entered. The password was displayed on the screen and you would have to read it then type into a field on the screen before you could continue. I've always assumed this was a scheme for them to protect themselves from thieves scraping too much information.
The old scheme was fairly easy to read -- kind of a block letter display with some "snow" that would discourage machine based OCR from processing the characters. The new scheme is similar to others I've seen on other sites. The field is now a series of random letters of different fonts, sizes and colors, distributed in a haphazard manner. A little harder to visually read and type so you can continue.
What a bummer. I've been a customer of BRIS ever since they came down on Jimmy's service and basically put him out of business. (However, they did adopt his AOdds format and it continues to be available. And AOdds format single file data will probably be a lasting tribute to the man.) It just seems to me BRIS makes it harder and harder instead of easier. They have every right to protect their business but I have come to the conclusion they're just like the rest of the industry they serve -- so entrenched in their ways and not a clue about customer service.
/rank off
In the past, if you accessed too many files in too short a period of time, you'd get a prompt for a psuedo random password to be entered. The password was displayed on the screen and you would have to read it then type into a field on the screen before you could continue. I've always assumed this was a scheme for them to protect themselves from thieves scraping too much information.
The old scheme was fairly easy to read -- kind of a block letter display with some "snow" that would discourage machine based OCR from processing the characters. The new scheme is similar to others I've seen on other sites. The field is now a series of random letters of different fonts, sizes and colors, distributed in a haphazard manner. A little harder to visually read and type so you can continue.
What a bummer. I've been a customer of BRIS ever since they came down on Jimmy's service and basically put him out of business. (However, they did adopt his AOdds format and it continues to be available. And AOdds format single file data will probably be a lasting tribute to the man.) It just seems to me BRIS makes it harder and harder instead of easier. They have every right to protect their business but I have come to the conclusion they're just like the rest of the industry they serve -- so entrenched in their ways and not a clue about customer service.
/rank off