Allow Changing of Comment Links in S2 for Free Users

[skinglist]

Title

Allow Changing of Comment Links in S2 for Free Users

Short, concise description of the idea

Currently the S2 system allows free users to change many features, but not the comment links.

Full description of the idea

There isn't a lot to add. Free users are allowed to change font, override userpics, use an external stylesheet, change colours,

Comments

[skinglist]

I think we all were.
Since this is obviously something that wouldn't go in the monthly vote, what happens? Does someone get poked to change it or...?
Let me know if there is something I should do

[asciident]

I've put it in the project tracker with the policy keyword.

[skinglist]

thank you!
*hugs*

Free users using S1 can change their comments links, also.

[wolfwings]

Personally, I'm all for this change, as it is the only reason I haven't upgraded to S2 yet.

Re: Free users using S1 can change their comments links, also.

[skinglist]

yeah and I don't see why it was changed--I wonder if it was an oversight

[lyspeth]

Please!

Free users can do this in S1, it's a very basic customization, very commonly desired, puts LJ under no load at all that I can think of, and would encourage migration to S2. I don't think it currently persuades anyone to upgrade who wouldn't anyway. It's completely silly to restrict this to paid users.

If this is gonna happen (or even if not), I'd also like to see the interface for changing the comments links improved. AFAIK it still uses some bizarre // to separate the singular and plural comment link text instead of just having two different boxes for them.

[timwi]

Having only two boxes would upset Russian users. That's the whole point in the "//" system.

[troworld]

really? why would it upset the Russian users?

Sorry if this has been asked before. Maybe you could just give me a url where I can read about this?

thanks.

[timwi]

Well, because not every language is like English. Not every language uses just two forms (singular and plural). In Russian (and, in fact, most other Slavic languages) you have three.

[troworld]

Definitely. This would be great.

It's one of the reasons I haven't moved to S2 yet.

[aajwind]

I think this is a very good idea.

I recently had to answer a request (http://www.livejournal.com/support/see_request.bml?id=178768) and, in doing so, realized that modifying talklinks is a paid-only feature in S2. I don't see why and I think that it discourages migration over to S2. Seeing as S2 is aiming to become the main style system used, I see this as antagonistic.

[skinglist]

Ditto, I only realised it not that long ago when I went to put one of my comms into S2
It's a silly free user restriction