# New Icons?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-icons/75258>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 7, 2001, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-icons/75258 "2001-08-07T12:34:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-icons/75258/1 "2001-08-07T12:34:05Z")

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What’s this? The main page now shows tennis balls for new posts and baseballs for no new posts?

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-icons/75258/2 "2001-08-07T14:02:17Z")

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Errr… no it doesn’t, really.

Do me a favour. Go to the coffee machine, drink three large mugs of the black stuff, and then check the main page again.

How’s it look now?

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-icons/75258/3 "2001-08-07T18:29:08Z")

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Actually, I was half-joking. The “no new posts” icon definately looks like a standard white baseball with red stitching. The “new posts” icon is the same as it’s always been.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-icons/75258/4 "2001-08-07T18:30:09Z")

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This is on the main page, not the forums. Forums show envelopes as always.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-icons/75258/5 "2001-08-07T20:11:04Z")

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They’ve gone back to normal now.

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-icons/75258/6 "2001-08-07T23:46:50Z")

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God bless caffeine! 🙂