coComment Users: A Warning [Updated x3]

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Thanks to a heads-up from Paul, I've just discovered that coComment blocks commenting on this blog. People using the coComment Firefox extension will not be able to comment here at all if they're using any form of sign-in to the blog (eg OpenID), getting back an "invalid request" message. This is a coComment bug, not one with Movable Type.

coComment has been aware of this issue for nearly a year, and has yet to resolve it (see below). My apologies to coComment users - there is nothing I can do about this.

Update: Here are the specific circumstances where coComment causes commenting to fail

  • Browser: Firefox 3.01
  • Platform: Windows XP SP3 and Mac OSX 10.5.5
  • Extension: coComment Firefox Extension installed
When I comment with the extension disabled  it works fine. I enable the extension, the commenting fails. I disable it again, commenting works. I've tested this on several different computers, with different OSes, as mentioned above. It replicates simply and perfectly

Update 2: More information - the failure seems to occur specifically when commenting using a login - either Movable Type native or OpenID in its various flavours. Non signed-in commenters should be fine.

Update 3:  This has been successfully resolved by coComment.


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coComment works

Yes it does.

I have been using coComment extension on many Movable type blogs: and no issues so far.
Are you sure you do not have some issues with your own blog and sometimes commenting does not work ?

Just posting the comment with coComment extension enabled to check the issue.

MT Adam Tinworth

I have been able to replicate this issue several times, so there is clearly an issue.

Specifically, using the latest version of the Firefox extension, and Firefox 3 on Windows XP.

When I comment without the extension, it works. When I comment with it enabled, it doesn't.

MT Adam Tinworth

Positive. I can replicate the issue simply, and reliably.

Testing using Safari bookmarklet.

Testing using Firefox bookmarklet

We keep investigating this issue. Thank you for details. I will let you know once it is resolved.

Hi,

Sorry for this issue. Actually, it was not that old.The entry in our Forum was fixed at that time.
But we recently discovered another issue with some MT blogs. This is now fixed.

Thanks for your understanding.

The issue is resolved. Unfortunately, there was quite specific javascript conflict which is now resolved. Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for using coComment.

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