So I'm thinking of removing a lot of the bold... and instead of emphasising links with bold, I'll de-emphasise the secondary navigation.
But then... there's a problem: On the thread lists I've been indicating new items by bolding them, and old items by leaving them unbolded. If I remove bold then you can't tell what's new.
So aside from proposing to remove bold items, I propose to use background colours to indicate what you're read on the thread listings.
Too much bold going on.
So I'm thinking of removing a lot of the bold... and instead of emphasising links with bold, I'll de-emphasise the secondary navigation.
But then... there's a problem: On the thread lists I've been indicating new items by bolding them, and old items by leaving them unbolded. If I remove bold then you can't tell what's new.
So aside from proposing to remove bold items, I propose to use background colours to indicate what you're read on the thread listings.
Close to white = unread
Close to grey = read
I'll knock up an example and see what you think.