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[hbelkins]

A green arrow means there's an unread post.

What does a yellow arrow mean? I just saw one show up. (In Off-Topic, FWIW).

[Scott5114]

It means that unread posts exist in either that board or its child board, but not both.

[rickmastfan67]

It means that unread posts exist in either that board or its child board, but not both.

That is correct.  In the future, the bottom of the forum will mention this as well.  Just haven't had the chance to add that text yet.

[signalman]

Thanks for the clarification.  I had assumed (and apparently incorrectly) that it meant there was an unread post in the child board only.  At least that had been what I observed thus far.

[Takumi]

For me, it only shows the yellow arrow when there's a post in the child board. The green arrow still shows up when there's a post only in the parent board. Maybe this is just a quirk in my (mobile) browser.

Another change is that when you click on one of the tabs below the news at the top of the screen (home, search, profile, etc), your current tab is now yellow.

[Steve]

Thanks for the clarification.  I had assumed (and apparently incorrectly) that it meant there was an unread post in the child board only.  At least that had been what I observed thus far.

That is actually the correct interpretation. I had noticed a glitch where when only the child board had a post but not the parent board, the green arrow wouldn't show up at all. So with the idea that something had to go there, I came up with a yellow arrow. Mostly because I like yellow arrows, but also because it does tell you that something's different, thus pointing you to the child board when you think about it.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

So when y'all going to add red arrows? 

[Steve]

We already did. The bulb burned out.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

We already did. The bulb burned out.

Can't you get the Ruskies to cover that?

[signalman]

Thanks for the clarification.  I had assumed (and apparently incorrectly) that it meant there was an unread post in the child board only.  At least that had been what I observed thus far.

That is actually the correct interpretation. I had noticed a glitch where when only the child board had a post but not the parent board, the green arrow wouldn't show up at all. So with the idea that something had to go there, I came up with a yellow arrow. Mostly because I like yellow arrows, but also because it does tell you that something's different, thus pointing you to the child board when you think about it.

It is indeed an attention grabber.  If that was your goal, then you succeeded.  The first time I saw a yellow arrow on here I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me.   The logic makes sense to me and I think it was a great addition.

[US71]

We already did. The bulb burned out.

I told you to use LED's

[Scott5114]

The forum always supported the change, it was simply that when we created the theme the forum had no child boards and thus I had no reason to make a graphic for it at the time. When we added child boards, the "glitch" (actually just the forum calling for the image and not finding it) occurred, reminding us of the need.

As for red arrows, I had considered making the "no new posts" a red arrow  to complement the green "new posts", but decided to go with the on/off route because 1) red-green colorblindness; stoplights deal with this by having the red and green bulbs in different positions, but the arrow design doesn't do that, and 2) red has a stop connotation. Didn't want the red light to get confused with meaning "you cannot enter/post in this board".

[vdeane]

It also fits well with the on/off convention generally used for new vs not new.

[bulkyorled]

Maybe there is no red arrow cause it's one of these; 

[rickmastfan67]

As for red arrows, I had considered making the "no new posts" a red arrow  to complement the green "new posts", but decided to go with the on/off route because 1) red-green colorblindness; stoplights deal with this by having the red and green bulbs in different positions, but the arrow design doesn't do that, and 2) red has a stop connotation. Didn't want the red light to get confused with meaning "you cannot enter/post in this board".

You know Scott, you could have always gone with a red "X" if ya had really wanted a red icon to indicate no new posts in a section.

[national highway 1]

As for red arrows, I had considered making the "no new posts" a red arrow  to complement the green "new posts", but decided to go with the on/off route because 1) red-green colorblindness; stoplights deal with this by having the red and green bulbs in different positions, but the arrow design doesn't do that, and 2) red has a stop connotation. Didn't want the red light to get confused with meaning "you cannot enter/post in this board".

You know Scott, you could have always gone with a red "X" if ya had really wanted a red icon to indicate no new posts in a section.

Like this:

[Scott5114]

But the arrow that goes with that points down, which makes no sense!

[national highway 1]

I meant the red X on the far right of the picture. The current arrow can remain the same.

[signalman]

I meant the red X on the far right of the picture. The current arrow can remain the same.

We understand what you meant.  But like Scott said, the red Xs are use in conjunction with green down arrows.