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By: Sirupsen

Sirupsen — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:25:37 +0000

I’d say that email should be there, it should not be written out on the actual page, it should, however, be used for a Gravatar, and be optional. That, and a username is really your identity on the web.

Website is cool, it’s the field that makes many people actually write a comment, since if people find your comment interesting, they might visit your website – and that is what you do really want.

Something I do believe is wrong with most forms though, is that you put in these informations before writing the actual comment. I believe you should do the “hard” stuff first, since that makes you more commited to the form.

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By: Dave Sparks

Dave Sparks — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:44:05 +0000

I think the general view that if you don’t need it don’t add it is best for comment forms, most people would look at a long comment form and simply say no thanks.
That said if you do want to include additional fields maybe a hidden accordion type arrangement using JavaScript where some option extra fields could be shown if users feel inclined to fill them in.

By: Angie Bowen

Angie Bowen — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:33:28 +0000

Another vote here for keeping it simple and just sticking to the basic fields. I think you can add an extra optional field (like twitter username) and get away with it. But making people fill out numerous fields will only result in less comments on your blog with completely defeats the purpose.

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By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:34:29 +0000

Hi Jesper and David,

I agree with both of you – sort of. I mean, in some cases I think you need other fields than the basic ones. It shouldn’t be at the expense of usability or clarity. You don’t want to confuse your user.

But I still think you can argue that you can be creative in what comment fields you put in your comment form.

By: Jesper

Jesper — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:42:39 +0000

I agree with David.

Comment forms need to be as minimal as possible.
I enjoy reading the Danish Tipsbladet-website, but still haven’t commented on any article.

This is due to the ridiculously amount of form fields aquired to be filled out; name, address, zip-code, city, email etc…
Too much!

I believe that the site uses cookies, and therefore I only have to do this once. Per computer… But it still sucks..

http://tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/uefa-cup/sparta-mangler-noeglespiller-mod-fck

By: David

David — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:00:35 +0000

Comment forms should stick to the basics. Personally I’ve opted out of commenting a site mainly due to the comment form literally being a application form of sorts.