At present, the Message Center labels all new (unread) messages with an asterisk, and old messages appear identical except for the lack of a * next to the title.
Comments to stories, on the other hand, are displayed with an optional NEW tag. Older comments are dimmed (according to user preferences).
The site's design would be more coherent if the Message Center used the same user preferences to label messages.
At present, the Message Center labels all new (unread) messages with an asterisk, and old messages appear identical except for the lack of a * next to the title.
Comments to stories, on the other hand, are displayed with an optional NEW tag. Older comments are dimmed (according to user preferences).
The site's design would be more coherent if the Message Center used the same user preferences to label messages.