1) Self promotion is understandable and not a bad idea, but you may want to let admins specify their own Title text. Besides, I doubt many people commenting on blogs are in a position to install your plugin.

2) Gravatars, I’m all for them but an option to disable them might not be a bad idea since some sites don’t implement them and their sudden appearance may surprise visitors like Rolf.

3) Styles, I like being able to tweak the CSS but a simple option to disable the icons might be sufficient and make your plugin more accessible to less advanced users. Right now, simply turning off Button Styles jams the links together without spaces.

4) Errors, If everything works, you don’t need to “display this to the end user”, they’ll just know, but I like that you’re providing info when something goes wrong. Perhaps you could conserve space by placing the error codes in the comment area. As it stands, the TextArea for editing your comment occupies a fairly small space compared to the rest of the window.

5) Options, I don’t mind the way it currently works, anything to increase the area for editing text is appreciated.

I tend to seem “harsh” when criticizing so I hope the small donation I made (the price of the Improved PageFlip) will help soften any perceived cruelty.

You’re welcome and thanks for a great plugin.

1. I will admit the ‘Ajax Edit Comments’ at the top is an attempt at self-promotion. Perhaps an option to remove it will be in future versions, but then it comes down to what will take its place.

2. Gravatars – I use the get_avatar function of WordPress, so if there is a gravatar available, it will show it. I just committed to trunk a small fix where some gravatars weren’t showing. I’ll release it shortly.

3. Styles – It matches WordPress 2.5, fonts and all, pretty closely. There is an option in the admin options to disable styles so you can define your own, although this option is ignored in the admin panels.

4. Error messages – The comment loaded successfully is needed. The pop-up box itself doesn’t mean the comment has loaded. Once the pop-up box shows, the comment is loaded. If the comment fails to load, various error messages are shown based on the cause. If no error messages are present, then the comment has successfully loaded, and I try to display this to the end user.

5. Options – The options are closed at default because most users aren’t interested in editing their name/emails/urls. For those that are, it’s an easy button click. Again, these are styled to look and behave like WordPress 2.5.

Thanks for the feedback all and thank you pixelwit for the great review.

Style? Sure. Font + colors + line-height + whitespace = style.

Speaking of “More” I meant it’s a little tedious needing to click it to show only 2 input fields. It’s not like a 10-items list that needs to be hidden for clarity. Showing the “name” and “url” fields by default and getting rid of the “more” button would be my choice. De-clutter so to say.

As you’re at it you might want to discard those “save” and “cancel” icons. You’re not using icons anywhere else (except the rss one) so these feel a little out of place.

So long…
R