Do we need 3 'unread' options at the top left?

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[GBM]

1) Show new replies to your posts.
2) Show unread posts since last visit.
3) Click here to try all unread topics.

For me, just one option to show all unread posts and topics please.

Unless that is a major programming exercise

[Bmblbzzz]

I don't see option 3 on my screen.

[Marlburian]

Nor do I. Having the first two options is fair enough, though I nearly always opt for the second. (I have much the same choice in another forum that has more traffic than the Coffee Shop  and I like to glance at everything that's new, though much of it doesn't interest me. Now and then I check replies to my posts and occasionally find I've missed one.)

[ChrisB]

Neither do I.

Nor do I use either of the other 2, so it doesn't bother me as I don't look there.

[infoman]

Leave it as it is,its like trying to change the theme tune to match of the day,

and I think most senior members of society DON'T LIKE CHANGE.

[grahame]

I suspect that the extra option is offered only to those who have specifically told their broswer to return pages in English and don't accept default site languages (which for the Coffee Shop is English).  However, it's well tied up in the code so that is an educated guess.   As well as logging in as an admin (which gives me more and more dangerous controls!) I have logged in as an ordinary users and still see just the two options.

Changing this area of the code, with lots of "if" "then" "else" stuff, would mean there would need to be a lot of testing to ensure that there were not unintended consequences.  And whilst it might suit "you", other users may not like the change / facility loss.  I am going to leave it - but that is not to say "no change ever".  Suggestions appreciated.   For example, given a month of Sundays a dynamic page to cope with phones better.

[broadgage]

Whilst I see little need for the options referred to, they do no harm and are easy to ignore. Attempted alterations may increase the risk of unwanted consequences.
If it works, leave well alone.

[GBM]

Basically yes, TWO options shown top left, but.
When clicking the top option of the two (Show unread posts since last visit) gives me a third option -
No unread topics found since your last visit. Click here to try all unread topics.

So a third option.