You can save yourself time and energy by using the Mark Forum Read and Show New Only features. To effectively use these two features available to all users, simply follow these steps outlined below.
Key Information
You have to be logged into your account to use these features.
If you are posting with two windows open – marking a forum read can be overridden by any changes you make in the other window, so make sure to only have one window open and active.
Click on the Mark Forum Read link at the top of the Topic Listing / Forum page. This will remove all New Topic/Post icons in the forum. If you leave it like this the next time you visit the forum you will only need to visit the topics with the new icons.
You can click on the Show New Only link at the top before leaving the forum. If you use the features together like this, the next time you visit the forum, you will only see new topics or topics with new posts.