[quote=jarulf;3329]Just to complicate your life Triff, I'll add that I find the current way the read/unread messages is handled a bit annoying.

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One thing that annoy me a bit too is that the thread (it seems) is only marked as read if you exit it through the forum jump menu at the bottom. I doubt there is anything I can do with that though.

(was that what you meant?)
The only thing the database handling would change things is that threads that were unread when you log out, will show up as unread the next time you log in too (even though no "new" posts have been added in the meantime).
SGL.