Originally Posted by
RumPatrol
As long as it has the previous functionality of showing new/no new posts within a sub-forum, it can be icons of any kind. That is the functionality the page had previously and it appears it is the functionality the page is supposed to have now, so I'm not sure why it wouldn't be feasible. It is what the page did before. I would very highly recommend an icon bigger than those dots though.
As I understand it, the code of the page has changed considerably, so it's not just shifting things around cosmetically. So the older icons may or may not be compatible now.