diff --git a/recent_comments.module b/recent_comments.module
--- a/recent_comments.module
+++ b/recent_comments.module
@@ -64,6 +64,19 @@
     '#default_value' => variable_get('recent_comments_nodetypes', array('story')),
   );
 
+  $form['recent_comments_options'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'checkboxes',
+    '#title' => t('Other Options (for the default theme function)'),
+    '#options' => array(
+      'author'=>t('Include comment author on links'),
+      'timestamp'=>t('Add timestamp (like the comment module block)'),
+    ),
+    '#default_value' => variable_get(
+      'recent_comments_options', array('author'=>'author', 'timestamp'=>0)
+    ),
+  );
+  
+
   return system_settings_form($form);
 }
 
@@ -108,7 +121,7 @@
   $node_types = variable_get('recent_comments_nodetypes', array('story'));
   $types      = "'" . implode("', '", $node_types) . "'";
 
-  $query = 'SELECT subject, name, c.timestamp, cid, c.nid
+  $query = 'SELECT subject, name, c.timestamp, cid, c.nid, n.type
                    FROM {comments} c INNER JOIN {node} n ON (n.nid = c.nid)
             WHERE c.status = 0 AND n.type IN (' . $types . ')
             ORDER BY timestamp DESC';
@@ -131,9 +144,12 @@
  *   The comment object from _recent_comments_getcontent().
  */
 function theme_recent_comments_link($comment) {
+  $options = variable_get(
+    'recent_comments_options', array('author'=>'author', 'timestamp'=>0)
+  );
   $link_text = '';
 
-  if (!empty($comment->name)) {
+  if (!empty($comment->name) && $options['author']) {
     $link_text .= $comment->name .': ';
   }
 
@@ -144,8 +160,12 @@
   */
 
   $link_text .= $comment->subject;
-
-  return l($link_text, 'node/' . $comment->nid, array(), NULL, 'comment-' . $comment->cid);
+  $talk = (module_exists('talk') && talk_activated($comment->type)) ? "/talk" : "";
+  $output = l($link_text, 'node/'. $comment->nid . $talk, array('fragment' => 'comment-'. $comment->cid));
+  if ($options['timestamp']) {
+    $output .= '<br />'. t('@time ago', array('@time' => format_interval(time() - $comment->timestamp)));
+  }
+  return $output;
 }