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Symbols in left column...

hogdogs

Staff In Memoriam
Just curious....
I know
thread_dot.gif
this means I have posted and no new posts.
this one
thread_dot_new.gif
is one I have posted in but new post exists...
So what does this
thread_new.gif
or this
thread.gif
specify? I thought the bullet hole was a thread I had not viewed and the crosshairs was one I looked at but doesn't seem to really be so.
Brent
 

zoomie

New member
The front page of the forum says this:

forum_new.gif
Forum Contains New Posts
forum_old.gif
Forum Contains No New Posts

Seems to me the first one is a thread I haven't posted in, and it has new posts since I last opened it, or I've never opened it.
The second one is one I haven't posted in, and there are no new posts since I last opened it.
 

Mal H

Staff
zoomie got it right. The legend at the bottom of both the forum list and the thread list for a forum explains the symbols.
 
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