Hey everyone, created of the SideComments.js component here. Just wanted to chime in a bit about how certain parts might integrate.

Generally the big issue is theme integration. Making sure the comments are visible when they need to be, etc. For example if they slide over but the background is dark, the text becomes illegible.

However, this is all relatively easily solved with theming of SideComments, which in turn, can be packaged with different WP themes.

I'm trying to make SideComments as flexible as possible, so the idea is that with very simple changes to the theme CSS, the comment markers can be positioned in different areas and the comments themselves can even slide into view differently, etc.

While I want to keep the plugin agnostic to any one platform, the WP community is huge and I want to do all I can to support making this interface component super easy to integrate with. So be sure to open issues or get at me on Twitter for any changes that make things easier.

Thanks for the awesome article!!! Keep up the great work.