Obviously, I don’t use Blogger here any more. But those of you who do and who are fed up with the Blogger comments system or Haloscan’s limitations (unless you pay), might like this hack that Caleb found. It gives you a comment form right on the comments page without having to go through all the signing in faff. (Or commenting anonymously and then forgetting to leave your name…) The instructions for installing the code seem quite straightforward. It even seems to have a built in anti-spam device (you have to give a confirmation that you want to send the comment).
I don’t think you can use it if you want to allow only people who are registered with Blogger to leave comments though.
PS: the same site has a recent comments hack for Blogger users too…
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But why would you want to allow only registered Blogger users to comment?
Ask Nathanael. That’s how he set up TDRI. I think I have come across it occasionally elsewhere.
I guess the main reasons would be to prevent (a) comment spam and (b) comment trolls who remain anonymous. That’s the good thing about the comment hack, though, as you point out: it prompts you before publishing, to make it harder on spammers. You’re still faced with the problem of anonymous commenters, though …