Under 'Navigation Menu' settings you can choose how new/unread topics and posts are displayed. The top option displays a little blue dot next to categories and whatnot when there is a new update. The bottom option is suppose to show a number as well, but since it also displays if it's new, unread or a draft the longer catgeory names end up cutting off this part of it (like 'Account and User ... 1 ...') or all of it as seems to be the case w 'Community Show & Tell'
perhaps it's just my screen, but I have a ton of space on the sides that could be used to resize the area so all the text fits.
or moving this so it's under the category name like
would make this information more useable. I'd actually prefer to see this information but having to click/navigate to find out if the messages are new or unread anyway defeats the purpose of trying to show this to us
side note: you can select both display options at the same time, but it looks like only 1 is used. is this the case or is there some sort of 3rd option that uses a combination both?