[SOLVED] Guest comments on the blogs

Today when I logged out, I noticed that guests cannot
post the comments on the blogs (which is very fine).

But the problematic thing is that there isn't even a
"Post comment" text box there (for guests) which could
take them to the login page.

It "looks" as if there is no way to post comment, like
the blogs which have comments disabled "totally".

As a guest, it might be difficult to guess that that text
box "appears" once you register. There are no hints.

Thanks for the feedback. This is a fairly common UI design decision. We have no plans to change it at this time, but as always we're open to member feedback on the issue.

--jeremy

The UI design which I have seen mostly on the internet
is, that they display the comment box and ask for the email address
before allowing the post to get posted.

Example: The Qt forums: http://developer.qt.nokia.com/forums (The top right corner)

So, I thought instead of depending on the mail address, it'll
be better to ask them to login.

EDIT:
Ah, Just noticed that QtCentre forums have the UI style you were talking of.
http://www.qtcentre.org/forum.php

Originally Posted by Anisha Kaul The UI design which I have seen mostly on the internet is, that they display the comment box and ask for the email address before allowing the post to get posted.

I have found this very common on sites that are primarily blogs and blog hosts. In a membership forum, I'm not sure it would be a good idea.

In the past week, I've deleted almost 1000 spambot comments from my own blog (fortunately, most of them never make it to public view), and I'm just small fry with neglible traffic in a little backwater corner of the interwebs.

Originally Posted by frankbell In a membership forum, I'm not sure it would be a good idea.

Absolutely, that's why I didn't even think of suggesting that.

Ahhh. Reading comprehension fail. Thanks for straightening me out.