A second "Mark Forum Read" link at the bottom of the page would be handy for those forums that seem to go on forever (like Politics). That way one can just scan for LRPD and then mark the forum if there is nothing of interest without having to scroll back to the top of the page.

I have a habit of leaning back in my chair and propping my feet up over the back of another chair at a near 90 degree angle from my monitor while surfing at home. It makes it a bit inconvenient to reach over and use the keyboard or have to move from the mouse to the keyboard and back.

A couple of flicks of the mouse scroll wheel usually does the trick well enough anyways. Its just that there are two rather extensive active threads in Politics that made me think of it today.