Thank you to everyone that provided feedback concerning the icons used in thread listings. We agreed with your suggestions that the various icons need to be more clearly distinguished, so we have rolled out a new set of icons. Here is the new set:
Icon
Meaning
Explanation
Read
You have read this thread
Not Read
You have not yet read this thread
Popular, Read
You have read this popular thread (a popular thread has at least 15 replies or has been viewed more than 200 times)
Popular, Not Read
You have not yet read this popular thread
Locked, Read
You have read this locked thread (a locked thread can have no more replies added)
Locked, Not Read
You have not yet read this locked thread
Pinned, Read
You have read this pinned thread (a pinned thread contains information that you should read)
Pinned, Not Read
You have not yet read this pinned thread
Popular Pinned, Read
You have read this popular and pinned thread
Popular Pinned, Not Read
You have not yet read this popular and pinned thread
Announcement, Read
You have read this announcement thread (an announcement thread contains important information about the topic of the forum)
Announcement, Not Read
You have not yet read this announcement thread
Answered
This thread has received an answer
Not Answered
This thread has not yet received an answer
We have also updated the colors of links used in thread listings, to further help distinguish between threads you have read and threads you have not yet read.
Thanks for helping us to improve the ASP.NET Forums.
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Icons and styles updated for thread listings
May 25, 2007 01:53 AM|LINK
Thank you to everyone that provided feedback concerning the icons used in thread listings. We agreed with your suggestions that the various icons need to be more clearly distinguished, so we have rolled out a new set of icons. Here is the new set:
We have also updated the colors of links used in thread listings, to further help distinguish between threads you have read and threads you have not yet read.
Thanks for helping us to improve the ASP.NET Forums.
ASP.NET/IIS.NET Website Manager, Neudesic