You needed to read on a bit to post 33.

anyway to EXCLUDE certain threads or forums from the count?

eg: I don't RSS feeds showing up on this as it turns out to be new thread/information overload and drowns out 'legitimate' new posts.

Nope, there is no such facility.

possible to have flexible phrases depending on number of new posts/updated threads (similar to this hack)?

Number of Unread Posts: 0
Number of Unread Posts: 1
Number of Unread Posts: 2 (In One Thread)
Number of Unread Posts: 3 (In Two Threads)

Sorry, there are no plans to add anything to this, as it's not something I use myself.

installed and working OK, but it doesn't look as good as the 3.5 version.

Nice Hack........ Thanks

Thanks buddy, i will install it on my vb3.6.1 :D:D

BUT

I want to add the line 'Number of unread posts:' somewhere else...is this possible??

Only by modifying the plugin.

can you please guide me a little bit?