>But what about old members that still used the old mode? I'm sure there were more than one or two members!!! I've seen more than a few complaints about this change already.

Yes, they were more because, for most of them, they never tried the new mode. For that purpose, we are trying to ease the transition. I think the idea expressed in my other reply would fit that need. The secondary forum set definition with another button to retrieve new messages for the other forums could do.