Max Design » comment-form http://www.maxdesign.com.au Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:08:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Some links for light reading (20/10/09) http://www.maxdesign.com.au/2009/10/20/some-links-251/ http://www.maxdesign.com.au/2009/10/20/some-links-251/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:05:11 +0000 Russ http://www.maxdesign.com.au/2009/10/20/some-links-251/
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    • ]]>     http://www.maxdesign.com.au/2009/10/20/some-links-251/feed/ 0     Anatomy of a comment http://www.maxdesign.com.au/2008/02/09/comment-anatomy/ http://www.maxdesign.com.au/2008/02/09/comment-anatomy/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:00:18 +0000 Russ http://www.maxdesign.com.au/2008/02/09/comment-anatomy/ The Australian Museum web team recently began looking at commenting. We wanted to see what sort of items could appear in a comment.

    After a look around a wide variety of sites, we came up with a list of possible aspects that could be included in a comment:

    1. Author name – who wrote the comment
    2. Authors url – the authors website
    3. Authors avatar – the digital representation of the author
    4. Permalink – a permanent link to the specific comment
    5. Number – A reference number for the specific comment
    6. Date – date of comment
    7. Time – time of comment
    8. Comment – the actual comment
    9. Edit this comment – allows authors to edit their comments (suggested by IM)
    10. Other comments by this person – see example
    11. Site owner flagging – some sort of visual distinction to shows comments from the site owner/s

    Below is a chart showing some of the aspects listed above, checked across a range of blogs. This chart was prepared by the ever-patient Rose Cox.

    The biggest surprises for me was the number of sites that did not include a permalink to each comment.Only 18 out of 70 sites checked used a permalink. I was also surpirsed by the variety of methods used to “house” the permalink. These included:

    1. Date
    2. Time
    3. Date and time (by far the most common option used by the 70 sample sites below)
    4. A graphic icon
    5. The # symbol
    6. The word “permalink”
    7. Comment title

    So, are there any aspects of comments that we have missed?
    Do you include all of these on your blog/site?
    Specifically, do you include a permalink to your comments?
    We’d love to hear!

    Update: The chart below has been updated. The permalink column was incorrect. If you see other errors, please let me know.

    Comment comparison chart

    URL Author Avatar Permalink Date Time Comment Number
    70/70 11/70 45/70 68/70 54/70 70/70 25/70
    Jeffrey Zeldman yes no yes – using date/time yes yes yes no
    456 Berea Street yes no yes – using number yes no yes yes
    Andy Budd yes no no yes yes yes no
    Hicksdesign yes yes no yes no yes no
    clagnut yes yes yes – using icon yes yes yes no
    Weblog about Markup & Style yes no yes – using " permalink" yes yes yes yes
    meyerweb.com yes no yes – using number yes yes yes yes
    mezzoblue yes yes no yes yes yes yes
    Signal vs. Noise yes no no yes no yes no
    Nick Bradbury yes no yes – using date/time yes yes yes no
    Meryl’s notes yes no yes – using date/time yes yes yes no
    AdamPolselli.com yes no yes – using date/time yes yes yes no
    The Man in Blue yes no no yes yes yes yes
    Si-blog yes yes no yes no yes no
    SuperfluousBanter yes yes no yes no yes no
    Ryan Brill yes no yes – using "#" yes yes yes no
    Authentic Boredom yes no no yes no yes yes
    Jeffrey Veen yes no no yes yes yes yes
    Molly.com yes no yes – using date/time yes yes yes no
    IEBlog yes no yes – using "#" yes yes yes no
    Mike Davidson yes no yes – using date/time yes yes yes yes
    Jason Santa Maria yes no yes – using icon yes yes yes yes
    The Hivelogic Narrative yes no no no no yes no
    CollyLogic yes no no yes yes yes no
    ShaunInman.com yes no yes – using date/time yes yes yes yes
    Zooiblog yes yes yes – using date/time yes no yes yes
    box of chocolates yes no yes – using time yes yes yes no
    drew mclellan yes yes yes – using date/time yes no yes no
    Boxes and Arrows yes yes no yes yes yes no
    evolt.org yes no no yes yes yes no
    SitePoint yes no yes – using date/time yes yes yes no
    UsableType yes no no yes no yes no
    Brainstorms and Raves yes no yes – using word "permalink" yes yes yes yes
    Karmakars.com yes no yes – using date/time yes yes no yes
    Juicy Studio yes no yes – using "url string" yes yes yes yes
    Matt Cutts yes no yes – using time yes yes yes no
    Berkun blog yes no yes – using date/time yes yes yes no
    Bruce Lawson’s personal site yes no yes – using date/time yes yes yes yes
    Pen and Ink yes no yes – using date/time yes yes yes no
    rachelandrew yes no yes – using time yes yes yes yes
    f berriman yes yes yes – using date/time yes yes yes no
    fadtastic yes no yes -using "#" yes no yes no
    Diary of a website yes no no yes no yes no
    snook.ca yes no no yes no yes yes
    lesscode.org yes no yes – using date yes no yes no
    Citizen Agency yes no yes – using word "permalink" yes yes yes yes
    ThePickards yes no yes – using date/time yes yes yes no
    Presentation Zen yes no yes – using date/time yes yes yes no
    D. Keith Robinson yes yes no no no yes yes
    O’Reilly Radar yes no no yes yes yes no
    Dexagogo yes no no yes no yes yes
    the 200ok weblog yes yes yes – using date/time yes yes yes no
    Surfin’ Safari yes no yes – using date/time yes yes yes no
    Wait till I come! yes no yes – using date/time yes yes yes no
    findability yes no no yes no yes no
    Jens Meiert yes no yes – using date/time yes yes yes yes
    The NeoSmart Files yes no yes – using date/time yes yes yes no
    Rave About It Blog yes no yes – using "#" yes yes yes no
    Cross-Media Entertainment yes no yes – using date/time yes yes yes yes
    Ben Balbo yes no no yes yes yes no
    Jason Yip yes no no yes yes yes no
    Bokardo yes no no yes no yes yes
    FactoryCity yes no yes – using word "permalink" yes yes yes no
    Read/WriteWeb yes no yes – using date/time yes yes yes yes
    Molt:n Core yes no no yes yes yes no
    Notes on Design yes no yes – using date/time yes yes yes no
    Smashingmagazine yes no no yes yes yes yes
    A List Apart yes no yes – using comment title yes yes yes yes
    Standardzilla Yes no yes – using time yes yes yes no
    Engadget yes yes yes – using date/time yes yes yes no
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