On 9/9/05, Allen Gilliland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > team, > > I have written up a quick proposal on rewriting the current CommentServlet > mainly to remove the velocity rendering component, but also to tidy things up > a bit. > > http://www.rollerweblogger.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Proposal_CommentsRewrite > > One item that has been a mysterious, but recurring issue for us on > blogs.sun.com is some problems with posting comments. Fairly regularly users > complain that their comment posting seemed to work, however the comment just > didn't show up so they have to post it again and again until it works.
I believe this is largely caused by "twisty" comments and the MathAuthenticator. If you answer the question wrong, or in any way navigate away from a page - your comment is gone. The MathAuthenticator could be causing the issue with other comment UIs as well - since the fact that authentication failed is often not displayed prominently. Because of these suspicions, I believe a better solution is to fix the UI rather than the backend. Maybe using Ajax (or just plain ol' JavaScript) to do the authentication before submitting the form would help? Matt > > I have actually seen this happen to me once and it doesn't throw any > exceptions or cause any errors so it's pretty tough to track down why it's > happening. Anyways, the result is that our users are asking for the problem > to be fixed and since comments are such an integral part of blogging that > seems pretty reasonable. > > Check out the proposal when you get a chance. All thoughts, comments, ideas, > and changes are welcome. And please make sure to include your vote along > with any comments. > > Cheers. > > -- Allen > >
