Its a lil different, but (trying not to be biased) I like this forum software (and software similar) muuuuchhh better than that other place ... geez I get so confused over there!! and it takes forever to find the msgs TO me. Here, I just click the "Show unread posts since last visit." link or the "Show new replies to your posts." link up there next to my profile pic.
You never found the *unreads to me* button at other place? Spin should have told you about that one ;-)
I'm still getting the *type these letters* in my PMs. She doesn't have that. Do I have something set wrong? Sometimes, I can't tell what those letters even are. They look like code. My bifocals must be going bad LOL