I just logged in at the office
and find the forums look wonderful. Either someone has worked miracles since I last posted, or the "fault" is with my home browser (or settings). Guess I'll find out when I get home!
The book icon on the left is now showing subtly enhanced when there are new posts; new posts in the threads are clearly indicated; the annoying flames there were everywhere before now are considerably less common, and a tooltip indicates they relate to total posts and/or views being very high for that thread. I had also been seeing odd-shaped yellow blobs with a symbol in the centre, and these have resolved themself into attractive flags and pins to indicated announcements and "sticky posts".
Looking good...
[ok... the "who's online" still isn't updating properly
]
