Scratch

Ok, the forums are very hard to understand for me, and I've been using it a while. Here's my idea of a decent forum:

Read topics will have a full colored icon.
Unread topics will have a greyed out icon.
Topics you posted in will have a Scratch cat head on the icon. (Read or unread, but the icon still changes).
Locked topics should have a padlock on the icon (next to the cat if you posted in it).
Stickied topics should have a blue background and a bold title.

Also some things to clear up for the maker of the forums:

When you read a topic it should be marked as READ.
When you haven't yet read a topic it should be marked as UNREAD.

Sometimes I can click on the same topic 1-9 times and realize I've already seen it but it's not being marked as unread and other times the opposite and everything on the forums have been marked as unread.

Take a look at the WurmOnline forums, they're brilliantly laid out, I can see a topic and think "Haven't read that one yet" and read it.

Please sort out the forums, every day it gets harder and harder to keep up with.