[Bluealek]

I’m still dissapointed with some aspects of bbPress 2 basic functionality. First of all, you must make the new topics / topics with new replies a different color (at least) so users would know instantly where there are some unread messages. Introducing a system of icons for the topics would also be a good idea. It all exists in the standalone bbPress, and as long as ppPress 2 doesn’t have it, I’ll keep the ppPress 2 forum as experimental and use 1.1 as the official forum for my site users.

[Jared Atchison]

bbPress 2 is in it’s very first release (about to be second with 2.1).

There is only so much functionality that can go in per release.

[John James Jacoby]

bbPress 1.x does not have unread posts or topic icons without third party plugins.

[Bluealek]

You’re right, but most forum platforms do. So since it’s regarded by most as basic forum functionality, I think it should become a feature of future releases. In the meantime, a third party plugin solving this issue would be just fine.