I think opening a topic thread, or marking it read, only changes the status of the icon to the left of the topic title. I believe whether a title appears in the bold orange or not has more to do with the way your browser keeps track of the history of visited links. I’ve noticed sometimes that after reading a thread and returning to the main list that the thread is still bold orange, but if I open it a second time and return then it changes. Maybe it makes a difference whether I use the back arrow, or select the actual link for “Clovertech Forum Index -> Cloverleaf