How do you bring back the Facebook “submit comment” button?

I’m usually all for Facebook changes, but removing the button that submits comments & using “enter” instead counters web conventions to the point of causing errors. I don’t think it’s going to be intuitive to most users.

The idea was to make the commenting experience mimick instant messaging, where you hit “enter” to post your comment (and “shift-enter” to create a new paragraph). Psychologically, this real-timieness is supposed to make you feel closer to your friends. Marketing-wise, this enforces your desire for Facebook.

But web-wide, comment fields don’t behave like that. I can just hear the angst out there as half-written, unspellchecked comments are accidentally posted.

I actually think Facebook should work to maintain the opposite feeling. Asynchrony is part of the Facebook experience that I really like. I want to mosey past the general store & chat with the folks chewing blades of wheat in rocking chairs outside. I’m not sure we want to bring the pressure of Twitter’s highway past Facebook’s front porch.

Here’s a bunch of browser extensions (let’s call ‘em fixes, hacks, ways to revert back to having a button) to slow things down a bit.