Sidebar with updates

[kuusj98]

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This is a Dutch forum but you get the idea, the black bar at the left side updates every 30 seconds or so, and that way you can keep track of everything happening.

What do you guys think? Sorry if this has been posted, I searched but couldn't find anything related to this :0

[Mitchell]

I think this is a great idea. That way I don't have to refresh the "Show unread posts since last visit."-page all day long. Would make it so much easier and I could open an interesting thread while reading a different thread.