Tracking your comments
Well, I signed up to coComment to give it a whirl. It's fair to say it's easy until you come to leave a comment.
Here's the installation steps I went through (in 5 mins) - you only really need to do 1 and 2:
And then I tried it. This wasn't as easy as I'd expected. Here's my learning path:
Attempt number one with HaloScan comments:
Attempt number two with Blogger comments:
After both efforts I then waited for the replies to automatically come through to the blog applet (left hand side) or via the RSS feeds. Nothing. So I know what I've written and where but it doesn't show me that others have responded. And that's only half the battle!
Verdict
Definitely not as easy as they claim - but, as with nearly everything I try nowadays, it is Beta!
It is, however, a valiant effort to solve one of the last annoyances of blogging but not sure it's easy enough for me to use at the moment - more testing required. I will be definitely watching it for enhancements especially as they integrate into the blogging platforms. If they nail it it will become an indespensible service.
Here's the installation steps I went through (in 5 mins) - you only really need to do 1 and 2:
- Sign up to and click on confirmation email
- Dragged a bookmarklet to my Firefox bookmarks toolbar
Not idea what you do for IE and the others - Added the 'Blog Box' to my Blogger template (down the left-hand side)
This keeps a track of the comments I've made and the responses to them - Added an RSS 2.0 feed to my news readers (Google Reader & Desktop)
And then I tried it. This wasn't as easy as I'd expected. Here's my learning path:
Attempt number one with HaloScan comments:
- Clicked onto SunnyO
- Clicked on the Comments link for "Lovely start to the day (yesterday)"
- Referred to the coComments help
- Aha! No Firefox bookmarks toolbar in Llews HaloScan comment popup and so can't see the coComment bookmarklet
- Closed HaloScan popup, re-opened comment link using Firefox's "Open in new tab"
- Wrote comment
- Clicked coComment bookmarklet and it asked me to fill in this very confusing box - what are they referring to?!?!
- I filled it in and it's in my coComment list but not sure if it's picking up responses as I'm not sure HaloScan is supported
Attempt number two with Blogger comments:
- Clicked onto Whispering Inferno
- Clicked on the Comments link for "Infucktuation"
- Arse, no Firefox bookmarks toolbar again
- Closed Blogger popup, re-opened comment link using Firefox's "Open in new tab"
- Wrote comment
- Clicked coComment bookmarklet and again I got the confusing box
- I filled it in and somehow saved the comment (which was again confusing)
- It's in my coComment list
After both efforts I then waited for the replies to automatically come through to the blog applet (left hand side) or via the RSS feeds. Nothing. So I know what I've written and where but it doesn't show me that others have responded. And that's only half the battle!
Verdict
Definitely not as easy as they claim - but, as with nearly everything I try nowadays, it is Beta!
It is, however, a valiant effort to solve one of the last annoyances of blogging but not sure it's easy enough for me to use at the moment - more testing required. I will be definitely watching it for enhancements especially as they integrate into the blogging platforms. If they nail it it will become an indespensible service.
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