>>Well it doesn't sound so bad to me. Is there some way it could be tried on a trial basis to see what people think?
>>Alternately, a no auto-expand by forum would do the trick for me.
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>Well, the coloring syntax works ok as long as I don't click on a message. When I click on it, by default, the visited color will change. Assuming someone wouldn't want the visited color to be different when a message is clicked, that would be ok.
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>I have enabled it for you. So, you will be able to see. Try Time Warp and go back 12 to 24 hours. You'll get messages from various forums.

Sorry, Michel, but the coloring does not seem to be enabled for me. I will log out/in and see if it changes.

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>If you want the no auto-expand option to be enabled, do you think you would still see a need for the coloring syntax to alternate between forums?

If I can specify which forums are auto-expanded then I would NOT need the color option. But it still might be something people would like. I don't see a problem with read messages all being the same color.

Jim