OH i see

yes or they should be side-by-side or there should be a pink cross or something

the cross should supercede the pink speech bubble, really

if i havent looked at a thread and i am logged in then you cannot see if it has been closed because the little pink speech bubble is in the way.

once i have read the thread or i am not logged in then there is a little cross that indicates that it is closed.

i remembered this existed but recently i can't see anything showing that a topic is closed. did i just make that idea up? i think it might be useful anyway. maybe it was 8bc that had that feature that i remember then, or other forums.