btw, i noticed something new that perhaps u can explain:

i used to click 'journals' and see all the 'new' comments. i would click a journal heading, read it, then click 'back'. the screen would not refresh. it would still show the 'new' comments for the journals i had actually read. i could then read each journal until i was done.

now, when i click 'back' the screen is updated. any idea why?