Comments Box is the the first social widget for Facebook Connect unveiled recently. The name is self explanatory, where it works by allowing Facebook user to leave comments using Facebook ID on any blog that integrate this widget onto their blog, without the need to key in name, password and URL.

The first Facebook Connect widget that I install on my previous theme doesn’t last long. But since this is come from Facebook, I still give it a try. To install it, make sure you follow the steps outlined here closely. It require little technical skills, but I can guarantee you that the instruction is pretty straight forward. There are whole lot of other resources in their repository if you can’t get it work.

I can get it works in less than 10 mins. This is how its looks like after I signed in to my Facebook account. When I post some comments, it will appear right at the bottom of the comment box.

If you thick on the ‘Post comment to my Facebook profile‘ check box,  the comments will appear on your Facebook profile as below.

The downside.

All comments are kept in Facebook and not in your blog. If you run WordPress comments oriented plugins such as top commentators, recent comments or most comments, comments won’t be included and counted. It is not even appears on comments admin menu.

However, comments can still be accessed using Facebook’s API (anyone know how?), but that require extra works. I’m still looking how to integrate this widget nicely, of if I should let it there.

How To: Create a Comments Box with Facebook Connect in 5 Minutes from Pete Bratach on Vimeo.