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Is it good to represent a newsletter subscription form with captcha in the front page?

I need form my front page to be as simple as much as I can. I can hide it and let it shown in a popup panel or another page, the two solutions are somehow complicated to the subscriber, without mentioning the mobile. so I am between two solution both are not so good.

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Any idea how to resolve this problem?

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  • Could you provide an image or mockup to ilustrate the situation?
    – Alejandro Veltri
    Commented May 28, 2015 at 18:38
  • I have just updated my question
    – hsawires
    Commented May 28, 2015 at 20:37
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    What is the single primary goal of this page? To get newsletter subscribers or to display your Lorem Ipsum content? Also, is there a specific reason you need a CAPTCHA tool for subscribers?
    – Benjamin S
    Commented May 28, 2015 at 21:19
  • this is the landing page ... the primary goal of the website is to build a scientific hub between scientist in some filed like Agriculture for example. The reason I put a CAPTCHA is to limit the robotic attach over the email server.
    – hsawires
    Commented May 28, 2015 at 21:32

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A potential solution for keeping the homepage clean is to have the subscription form expand (with animation) when it gains focus, thus displaying the captcha.

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And when the user clicks on the text field:

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As soon as the user enters or focus leaves the subscription box, it can shrink back down. This guarantees the homepage is clean, yet contains all the functionality you want.

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