The Magento compare list feature only works, when the log_* tables are being filled. If they are not, the compare list is global, which means, whenever a customer adds to the list, every other customer can see that recently added item. I disabled (and cant enable) this feature by putting this in my local.xml:

&lt;controller_action_predispatch&gt; 
    &lt;observers&gt;&lt;log&gt;&lt;type&gt;disabled&lt;/type&gt;&lt;/log&gt;&lt;/observers&gt; 
&lt;/controller_action_predispatch&gt; 
&lt;controller_action_postdispatch&gt; 
    &lt;observers&gt;&lt;log&gt;&lt;type&gt;disabled&lt;/type&gt;&lt;/log&gt;&lt;/observers&gt; 
&lt;/controller_action_postdispatch&gt; 


Removing this makes the compare list work right away. The question is, is there a workaround for that? Is there a way to make the compare list work and not fill the log_* tables?

Thanks!


Question: jQuery plugin naming convention (for the function)
Answer: I would recommend you the first one, that convention is widely used in JavaScript, even in the core language by itself, the ECMA Specification uses it, e.g. 

Array.prototype.toLocaleString
Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty
Object.prototype.propertyIsEnumerable
// etc...


All identifiers are named with camelCase, and only constructor functions are named with the first letter as capital (PascalCase).