Mary,

I seen this work about two times. The other times this doesn't work as all icons are white. Also last night I saw the red numbers (new post) in the main index page. Never saw them again since or before. This I I can tell that alot of new posts were added.

Personally I prefer the green bar that high lights the new posts as per old forum. The little folders in front are just too small to make new post scanning comfortable.

Wouter