When I arrive at ELU, if I have unread messages or notifications, I see a highlighted number next to the "StackExchange" element of the page headline. When I open the drop-down box and use it as a link to one of these items, the highlighted number vanishes, even if I started with multiple messages unread.
Can we have this number remain, and remain highlighted, with the number of as-yet unread messages or notifications? I would like to be able to know by this indicator if I've read them all or not.