AO3 Floaty Comment Box (Responsive) is a userscript created to facilitate commenting on the fly while reading on archiveofourown - specifically for mobile browsing
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AO3 Floaty Comment Box (Responsive) is a userscript to facilitate commenting while reading on archiveofourown - made responsive for mobile browsing.
The idea is that the user can comment on the fly, without needing to scroll down to the bottom while reading, or wait until having read the whole story to jot down a thought or feeling or favorite quote.
Initially the only thing you'll see is a button at the top right corner of the screen, with a pen writing icon. Clicking this will open the floaty comment box.
Left side:
Right side:
Select pieces of text and hit the "quote" button to insert them in your comment. The quoted text will be formatted in italics and as a block quote.
Everything that is typed or inserted into the floaty comment box will be automatically synced with the real comment box below. Your comment will only be submitted once you submit it in the the real comment form.
Floaty Comment Box was directly inspired (with permission) by an AO3 userscript originally developed by tumblr user ravenel. Afterwards I also discovered ScriptMouse's userscript for a similar floating box, which I looked through to try and fix some bugs in my own.
Other similar scripts might exist, but I wrote this to have personal control over the features and to make it as responsive to mobile needs as posisble.
This script only works on stories where commenting is possible:
As far as I know, Firefox is the only mobile browser that allows Tampermonkey or other userscript extensions.
Feel free to leave feedback, I can't promise I'll get back to all of it but I'm interested to know what doesn't work.
