well, that can happen, but i can tell i'm right here, look at this for example from forumdisplay.php:
PHP Code:
if ($userlastvisit<$forum['lastpost']) {
$forum['onoff']='on';
} else {
$forum['onoff']='off';
}
that uses lastvisit for the forumicons
also in forumdisplay:
PHP Code:
$forumusers = $DB_site->query("SELECT username, invisible, userid
FROM user
WHERE inforum = $foruminfo[forumid]
AND lastactivity > $datecut
AND lastvisit <> lastactivity");
here is uses lastactivity. it has nothing to do with the icons, just which users browse which forums.