Comments on: Is Your Blog User Friendly?

By: This Eclectic Life

This Eclectic Life — Tue, 08 May 2007 22:59:53 +0000

[...] Ease of commenting. I’ve harped on this before, so I won’t expound on it again. I’ll just say that if you make it difficult for me to [...]

By: Penny

Penny — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:14:58 +0000

I have the captchas set on my blog, have removed it at twice and both times ended up having to delete spam comments. I am FAR from an A-list blogger, but still don’t want my visitors have to read through it when I am not around to delete it right away.

I do despise Blogger’s pop-up comment box.

I look forward to seeing your new look! I just finished tweaking the template on my blog today. I am pleased with the way it looks now, but I am one of those who rolls out a new look for the time of year.

By: Admin

Admin — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:24:33 +0000

I can live with the captcha’s if I have to do so, because I know people don’t want spam. On the site connected with my work (real work) I have to wade through hundreds of spam messages several times a day. I also have to go through the junk that is deemed automatically spam, because Yahoo sends my customers there!!
It’s those dang boxes that bother me most. I like to cruise other people’s sites, and can’t with those tiny boxes. Must check it in IE to see if it happens there, or if it’s Mozilla. And, I want to be able to log in with this address! If people have to navigate too much, I think they might just give up.
I can’t wait for the new site either, but I am trying to stay calm.

By: CeeCi

CeeCi — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:14:52 +0000

Comments, can’t live with them, can’t shoot them…oh, that’s men.

Comments are a conundrum. I agree with so many of the things Janet had to say and you too. I don’t like have the captcha stuff. I tend to take too long writing a comment (I’m compulsive and edit like a maniac). On the sites that navigate to another page, I often time out. In the pop up, I have to type the captcha 2 or three times. I’ve learned to cut and paste in a big hurry before losing one of my post length comments.

The non-expanding pop up window is something rather recent. I don’t know if it’s a Firefox thing, but when Firefox last upgraded was when I lost the ability to expand that box.

I have taken the captcha down only to put it back up less than 48 hours later due to an overload of spam. I’m not an A lister by any means, I’ve just been at this for a while.

I really don’t know what the answers are, other than I need to go check out Janet’s little pink box…I’ve never noticed it either.

I can’t wait to see your new site!

ciao bella~
CeeCi

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:58:58 +0000

I’m okay with the comments thing, but I can’t wait to see the cartoon. Sounds like a winning design.

By: Admin

Admin — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:05:54 +0000

Well, I can’t wait to get that cartoon on here! As for comments, your site is friendly, so I don’t have any problem commenting. You do have that word verification code…but then you get a lot of traffic! Have you ever had much problem with Spam e-mail?

By: Admin

Admin — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:43:34 +0000

Hey Janet,
Thanks for the response! Don’t remove comments from your blog…I think that comments add an extra dimension to the whole experience. I love to read other people’s comments. The comment box is also where I find cool new blogs to read (several I have found from your blog!).
“Pink Box?” I just went to your blog, and it’s not apparent to me—but again, my eyesight is shot. If I had known it was there, I would have checked it. I always want to know if people responded, but like you I don’t always go back to check. Do people check the box on mine? The blog doesn’t tell me that. So…maybe someone will comment to tell me if they DO.