believe it or else: in more than ten years of (over)use of these forums, I have *never* clicked on "Active Topics"† - thus my utter confusion at this plaint.
-joe btfsplk

† - FWIW, or for the rookies, when I reach the WTalk homepage via bookmark, I immediately know if there are any new messages from the first column in the General Topics table. if that icon is colored (yellow), then you have new posts to read. if you click on the respective forum name, the next page shows unread subjects, again with a yellow icon in column one. clicking on such a subject takes you to the first unread post therein, and bobsyeruncle.

Last edited by tsuwm; 02/06/2011 3:28 PM.