New forum layout - All icons showing read?

[agnes]

All threads for me are now showing the open mail icon, meaning I've read every single thread. Is this a bug or is it a setting I need to change?

 

[Kenai]

As per the main update thread, the icons have changed style but I think they've always shown an open envelope for unread and a closed envelope for read?

 

[Deleted member 77746]

All threads for me are now showing the open mail icon, meaning I've read every single thread. Is this a bug or is it a setting I need to change?

You missed the posts about that the forum was upgraded as of late?

 

[agnes]

You missed the posts about that the forum was upgraded as of late?

I knew there was an update but I am sure the envelope icons were closed and yellow is there are unread posts. Right now, everything is showing read to me. Odd. I'll just count it as a bug for now.

Thanks

 

[Jokester]

Yeah, I noticed this as well, should be the other way round.

 

[Kenai]

I knew there was an update but I am sure the envelope icons were closed and yellow is there are unread posts. Right now, everything is showing read to me. Odd. I'll just count it as a bug for now.

Thanks

I'm sure it used to be yellow and open with a little letter meant unread, closed and pale blue meant read.

 

[agnes]

So, I've certainly read those 2 I've circled, but it's backwards... They should be open and the others closed. And there is no colour indication between the 2 so it's very hard to see what I've read and not.

 

[Hades]

It threw me too. My eyesight is no longer that great when not wearing glasses and I struggle to tell the difference between a read and unread icon now that they are the same colour. Could the different colours be brought back? e.g. grey for read.

 

[throwaway4372]

yeah if you mark as read they all close

 

[agnes]

yeah if you mark as read they all close

Which is backwards to what it used to be no? Even if we are sticking with this, at least 2 different colours

 

[throwaway4372]

yeah it's meant to represent an irl letter, which is closed when unread and open when read.

just another tired metaphor like the floppy disk for save which doesn't rly make sense anymore.

 

[Lysander]

Which is backwards to what it used to be no? Even if we are sticking with this, at least 2 different colours

Yes it's wrong, if they're marked as read they should be all opened.

 

[Lysander]

just another thing like the floppy disk for save which doesn't rly make sense anymore.

There's no better alternative for a local save.

 

[Tephnos]

It threw me too. My eyesight is no longer that great when not wearing glasses and I struggle to tell the difference between a read and unread icon now that they are the same colour. Could the different colours be brought back? e.g. grey for read.

My eyesight is fine and I still hate it when there aren't clear colour indications. Not very friendly design to have it all the same.

 

[throwaway4372]

There's no better alternative for a local save.

 

[kindai]

Which is backwards to what it used to be no? Even if we are sticking with this, at least 2 different colours

Nope.

 

[throwaway4372]

on the old forum was the "open envelope" really an open envelope, or an "envelope with contents sticking out of it" and just too low resolution to tell?

 

[throwaway4372]

on the old forum was the "open envelope" really an open envelope, or an "envelope with contents sticking out of it" and just too low resolution to tell?

Seeing as they've put the old icons back I can answer my own question - the "open envelope" is not an open envelope - it's an "envelope with contents sticking out of it":

 

[Feek]

the "open envelope" is not an open envelope

It is open, you can see the top of the back of the flap above the contents sticking out of it.

Like this

 

[Housey]

But there were colours n stuff, it looks different