You will eventually notice a slight change to the site design between the old overlay method for identifying new/old/locked and linked forums and a new method. I'm not sure which is better, or for that matter if there is perhaps an even better method round the corner.. in any event feel free to post what you think.
Original/New:
Personally I always found the tiny icons not particularly defined (fuzzy)
Additionally you'll notice the QR Code:
While it's likely that nobody will use it (it only contains the URL for the website) it's still something that will likely find itself in the image cache of search engines and perhaps used to float the URL out there into the real world (For instance printing it on a balloon and then filling it with helium and releasing it, or putting it on a piece of paper and putting it in a bottle to be thrown into the sea as the tide goes out etc) In any event it exist for whatever reason might popup in the future.
Original/New:
Personally I always found the tiny icons not particularly defined (fuzzy)
Additionally you'll notice the QR Code:
While it's likely that nobody will use it (it only contains the URL for the website) it's still something that will likely find itself in the image cache of search engines and perhaps used to float the URL out there into the real world (For instance printing it on a balloon and then filling it with helium and releasing it, or putting it on a piece of paper and putting it in a bottle to be thrown into the sea as the tide goes out etc) In any event it exist for whatever reason might popup in the future.