Most Usable Blog Factors for Commenters

February 20, 2009 – 19:34 by Dani Iswara. Words count: 113.
Last updated: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 7:12.

After reading a blog post, visitors (human) likely to leave a comment. This note is my point of view of usable factors which can help commenters or commentators.

  1. Date/time of the post
  2. Author’s name and permalink (especially for multi authors)
  3. Last updated time
  4. Post categories and/or tags
  5. Subscribe to post
  6. Comment and trackback counts separately
  7. Jump to comment section
  8. Related/similar/random posts
  9. Comment replying
    • Comment author numbering
    • Comment author permalink
    • Reply button.
    • Reply button with quotes.
      Just like forums?
    • What You See is What You Get (WYSIWYG)/visual comment editor
    • Smilies for fun
    • Different style for blog author.
  10. (Accessible and) usable comment form.
    Read on Usability of Comment Form Design.
  11. Comment preview
  12. Jump to another sections.
    Something like navigation to go to older and newer entries, previous and next posts, or top page.

Another idea are welcome.

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