Why the change to the “New Reply” listing format?

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The list of thread topics used to have the “New Reply” added to topics that had been READ, to indicate that a new reply had been added.

Lately, “New Reply” is added to all UNREAD topics that get a new reply, so it is not possible to tell if it has been read or not.

The same change happened about 8 to 10 days ago, but got reverted – until this week.

Is this a new design or just a bug?

Personally I prefer the old way, so I can easily skip topics in which I have no interest.

 

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Just another Forum Poster, EricB, SueW

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“Version 7.0.3 includes few fixes related to activity tracking. There will be few more tweaks in 7.0.4 related to same features too.”

It’s called software bugs.  Hang loose. A specific plug in that adds tons of features to the bbpress forum got a major update and like many new software items, we have to deal with a few bugs along the way.

Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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TechTango, SueW

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I noticed the same thing, as I also relied on skipping those topics with the “UNREAD” label.

Now I look for “New Reply” added to those topics with purple links — those are the ones I’ve already read and are of interest. I’ll skip the bold blue links unless they are of interest.

Win 7 SP1 Home Premium 64-bit; Office 2010; Group B (SaS); Former 'Tech Weenie'

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