Question concerning icons

[Sargon]

Hi

Ok, I'm not the brightest when it comes to GUIs with lots of icons. <G> Each thread has a letter-symbol to the very left. And according to the description at the end of the page the letter symbol is red when there are new posts, otherwise it's gray.

But! :) I can read the threads with the red letter-symbol 1000000 times and the symbol stays red. I've tried reload, or reconnect to the board and whatnot. It seems to me that the letter-symbol turns red as soon as I post something to the thread. Also all other threads (which I didn't even read lately) don't have the red letter-symbol although I'm sure they should be new to me. :) Did I miss something? (If yes, what? :)

And! :) The threads to which I've posted something have a blue arrow pointing downwards at the beginning of the subject line. So I conclude that this is the meaning of the arrow (whether one contributed something to the thread or not) but I'm not sure.

I'm more an ASCII-oriented person <G> so I'd be happy if someone could enlighten me here. Danx! :)

I hope I made sense!

HWC Sargon

PS. I'm very happy the newest posts appear at the top of the
thread! Nice!! Also the "last post" column on the
category-level (General, New Exile Activities, etc) is
_very_ helpful! And of course the timezone thingy!
Thanks Kiri for all your work!!!

[GrayGradi]

The mechanism for turning the symbols from red to gray is (I believe) browser cookies. If you have them turned off, that might explain it.

And, they don't change from red to gray during any one session -- you have to leave and come back; and then all of them will turn, regardless of whether you actually read anything or not, unless a message has been posted since the login time of your last visit (as would be the case if you post a message).

[Sargon]

Hi

I do have cookies enabled. (yum yum) But I didn't leave the session so that may explain it. When I came back after 1 hour the icons did change, so I'm happy now. =)

HWC Sargon