The most sensible thing to me, if I were reimplementing the comment system, would be to replace the drop-down list with a list box or list of check boxes. This is because Dreamwidth allows three primary methods of authentication (DW registration, access list, and OpenID) which aren't necessarily hierarchical.
Allowing the user to specify, as follows:
Allow comments from: (If you select nothing, comments will be disabled.)
... would present the best view for the user, even if some selections don't make intuitive sense. Filters are implied, and thus not part of the list.
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branchandroot
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Date: 2010-10-10 12:45 am (UTC)Allowing the user to specify, as follows:
Allow comments from:
(If you select nothing, comments will be disabled.)
... would present the best view for the user, even if some selections don't make intuitive sense. Filters are implied, and thus not part of the list.
That's how I'd do it, anyway.