Re: Submitting comments form within the spec itself

On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> On Jul 24, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Ian Hickson wrote:
> > 
> > Based on recent discussions I've implemented a little text box on the 
> > WHATWG versio nof the spec that lets you file bugs straight from the 
> > spec itself:
> > 
> >   http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/
> 
> Are the comment anonymous but publicly visible, or anonymous and 
> confidential?

They look like this:

   http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&resolution=FIXED&resolution=NEEDSINFO&resolution=WONTFIX&resolution=LATER&resolution=REMIND&resolution=DUPLICATE&resolution=WORKSFORME&resolution=MOVED&resolution=---&emailreporter1=1&emailtype1=exact&email1=contributor%40whatwg.org&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=


> I would also prefer commenters are given the option to identify 
> themselves if they choose - for example if they would like an eventual 
> reply, but don't feel comfortable giving their initial feedback by email 
> or through bugzilla.

Well, anyone's free to include their name in the comment text, I guess, 
but it rather takes away from the simplicity of the thing if we start 
adding more fields to the form.

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