tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post2034569918814785225..comments2024-02-14T22:50:48.749+10:30Comments on Bill Kerr: blogger comment length restrictionBill Kerrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206808014093631762noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post-35660859391150423232010-08-09T17:31:09.961+09:302010-08-09T17:31:09.961+09:30I am tempted to leave a really long comment ...I am tempted to leave a really long comment ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03384288304778972289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post-60432709200349454602010-07-16T13:52:25.466+09:302010-07-16T13:52:25.466+09:30I was wondering about the comment length limit. I ...I was wondering about the comment length limit. I can tell you their "fix" still doesn't work. Even if I don't get the "comment too long" error, there seems to be a length "purgatory" between "accept" and "reject" where I get a system error that says something like "URL submission length too long". Apparently the comment still goes through, because if I try to trim off the last paragraph and submit again, and then include that paragraph at the top of another comment, when they show up I see a copy of the first paragraph in the 2nd comment appear at the end of the 1st comment. The first comment is the way I originally had it before I got the system error. So it looks like the system error is a false one.<br /><br />Google's "always in beta", but if I were them I'd be really embarrassed about this. This is a classic case of putting an impediment into a technology to compensate for a bad design. That's disappointing enough. What's worse is they didn't even do this right! It's pretty obvious they didn't test their comment-length-limit code. I agree. They should fix the original design issue rather than intending to make it more inconvenient for people--and then botching it! I tell ya, the quality of developers today...Mark Millerhttp://tekkie.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com