[gui-talk] Could Webvisum Finally Be Gone for Good?

[Gerald Levy]

This morning, when I launched Firefox 3.6, instead of the familiar "Alert, you are logged on to Webvisum" welcome message, I got a server connection error. So I visited a web page that contains an image captcha, but when I attempted to submit it to Webvisum for decoding by pressing Alt-Control-numrow 6, nothing happened. And the solve captcha option was not available on the context menu either. I visited www.webvisum.com, and was dismayed by the following message: 


NOTICE: This domain name expired on 06/19/2012 and is pending renewal or deletion. 

This web page is parked FREE, courtesy of GoDaddy.com



I don't know much about Go Daddy, but I think it is a web hosting service. From the message, it sounds like Webvisum's domain name expired yesterday, and the Webvisum site is apparently gone. I certainly hope that this isn't the case, and that this is just a temporary glitch.  But Blind Cool Tech guru Rick Harmon, who is much more knowledgable about these things than me,  believes that it may finally be gone for good.   If this is indeed the case, are we going to be forced to rely on sighted help from now on to solve image captchas?  Is there anything the blind advocacy groups can do?  Can anyone shed some light on what's up with Webvisum? Thanks. 

    Gerald