If you’ve visited 40Tech since its inception back in June, you may have noticed a few changes to the system for visitor comments. We’ve been searching for the "perfect" system, and we’ve tried out Disqus, Intense Debate, and JS-Kit Echo on this site and a test server. For a few reasons, 40Tech is now back to using the default WordPress commenting system, with some enhancements. What are the reasons for not going with one of the third- party systems? Let’s take a look at our experience with each of these three third-party commenting systems.
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CommentLuv – With avatars not working properly with the Disqus commenting system on 40Tech, we’ve deactivated Disqus, and gone back to the standard WordPress commenting system. One side benefit is that we can now use the CommentLuv plugin. CommentLuv allows a commenter (commentator?) to plug his or her own blog, by automatically detecting the latest post on the commenter’s own site, and posting a link to it along with the commenter’s comment. If you noticed any comments disappear, it is nothing personal – it probably got lost in the Disqus deactivation (I noticed only one comment missing – one of mine).
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On a completely unrelated and somewhat trivial note, I’ve been wrestling with the use of the words "commenter" or "commentator" to describe those who leave comments on blogs. Most sources suggest that "commentator" is the proper word, but "commenter" gets some love, too, and actually seems more sensible to me in this type of setting. Can anyone shed some light on this?
The sheer number of extensions available for Firefox sets it apart from other browsers. The number of extensions, though, means that it can be difficult to find the hidden gems. For that reason, I’m always interested in seeing what Firefox extensions other people are using. To get the ball rolling, here are ten of my favorite Firefox extensions. We’ll call this the “Evan Kline edition” to leave the door open for Bobby to come up with his own list in the future. Also, please let us know in the comments which extensions you use, if you are a Firefox user. Read more
You’ve heard the repeated warnings: "Backup!" You know you should do it. But are you? Are you backing up your computer’s data? And if you are backing up your data, is your backup solution reliable? Here are four steps you can take to provide yourself with a comprehensive backup solution, along with a few recommendations of products that I’ve been using. Using these tools together should also provide you with some redundancy, so that you can have piece of mind that you’re not putting all of your eggs in one basket.
It is time for another digest of recent content on 40Tech’s Posterous site, where we post content that is too brief for this site, but too long for Twitter. Since the last digest, our Posterous site has taken a look at the following item:
Tweak Firefox for a Netbook – With the smaller screen real estate on netbooks, there are some tweaks you can make to Firefox to maximize your viewing area.
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