If there is a new post to the thread the envelope(any color) is open with a piece of paper sticking out denoting that it has not been read, same for the gray envelope.
To me it is handy to show which posts have been read by me either on the post date or an earlier date so I do not have to peek inside to see if that is one that i have read. The old forum was like that. I could go back days and see what posts I had not read and read them if I wanted to. Now it is a guessing game because the symbols do not work. Any post older than one day whether read or not shows thread with no new post, closed envelopes. If this is the intention of the coders it is useless information. Why have a symbols at all. What is the purpose.?????
Sometimes I do not read a post on the same day that it was originally posted. Therefor previous days will have an envelope that is still open.
All threads older than one day if read by me or not are also not in bold type anymore. What is the purpose of having two different size types?
Maybe you can forward this onto someone else. Maybe I am just crazy from being cooped up for 5 weeks.
Originally Posted by
PatriceJ
red envelopes denote hot threads.
not-hot are grey
the color differences have nothing to do with whether or not you have already looked at them.
i don't know what the criteria are for hot vs. not