I have a coding project today: I’m adding an often-requested feature to the LGF Blog that will let registered users choose to receive any new comments posted in a thread via email. This will make it easier to keep track of comments for any threads you’re interested in, or any Pages you post.

The emails will be sent to the email address in your account, so if it isn’t current you should update it in the My Account page.

The user interface for this will be very simple — a checkbox in the comment posting form labeled “Email new comments.” If you check the box, it will trigger an Ajax function that sets the notification option, and you’ll start receiving emails every time a new comment is posted in the thread. If you un-check the box, the emails for that thread will stop.

LGF comments are automatically disabled when a thread is older than 7 days, so you don’t have to worry about forgetting which threads you’re subscribed to; emails for any thread will stop after a week anyway.

While I iron out all the little wrinkles, here’s an open thread.