In the good old days, before the forum pages were 'improved', I could see at a glance on any page whether I had new sitemail or other notifications because the 2 little icons would blink in color to get my attention. It worked.

They have now been replaced by a row of grey icons which are merely inert links, not indicators. If I want to see whether I have new notifications I have to visit the notifications page where I can see the actual list of notifications, and guess what? There, at the top of the Notifications page, are the old blinky icons! That's like hiding your car's fuel gauge in the fuel tank, or the oil pressure warning light under the hood.

The old, useful icons are also still on the gallery pages. I guess they'll be replaced by the useless ones soon?