Changed read-row contrast and color, so it's easier to see what was read vs unread

[ImTheKai]

That's how it looks now in both themes

[dutow]

To me this looks like we highlight the read rows in dark mode, which is a bit unintuitive.

[ants]

For me the lighter color in dark mode is fine - reduced contrast for less important things.

I also tried adding a partial background to status-reading.

Thoughts?

[ImTheKai]

For me the lighter color in dark mode is fine - reduced contrast for less important things.

I also tried adding a partial background to status-reading.

Thoughts?

I get the idea and like your look actually also for read threads, that now have a new reply, this looks nifty and easy to recognize. We could of course also invert the colors and make unread darker and read lighter. Let me to a quick prototype.

[ImTheKai]

I'm not UX at all, but that's a prototype with inverted colors. Now unread is darker and read is brigther, while I took this nifty idea from @ants to highlight that there is a new unread with the darker color around the icons (I know the envelope exist, it's just easier to see this way)

of course I wanted to check if anyone pays attention - this one is inverted ;-) (I like the first more, so I'm with ants)

and another version that takes the actual darker highlighting a little bit further into the row but this way also ensures it looks like 50/50 on mobile, which makes it clear that you've read something but not all

[dutow]

These are starting to look good, definitely improvements from the current look. That half split also look good.