# 为 TL1 及以上等级隐藏“NEW”

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-new-for-tl1-and-above/83131>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [2018年三月16日 08:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-new-for-tl1-and-above/83131 "2018-03-16T08:11:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2018年三月16日 09:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-new-for-tl1-and-above/83131/8 "2018-03-16T09:20:04Z")

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Hmm, I think a better idea is to

- suppress New when there is nothing new
- suppress Unread when there is nothing unread

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/c/0c393369623b84b86b9dcf9f2b2202c7b9f07d6c.png)

Right now if you click / tap on those when there’s nothing in them, you get an “education panel”

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/b/db0b3e20b4c3b67619670f408d0757dcba80bb4e.png)

But perhaps it is better if those options are suppressed? Something that has been brought up before:

> [@New and Unread menu links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-and-unread-menu-links/78597):
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> I think the “New” and “Unread” links on the menu should not show at all, if there are no new/unread topics/replies. Is that planned as a future enhancement?

> [@Simplifying the top menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simplifying-the-top-menu/68849/1):
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> We did some initial user research via a survey and then about a dozen user interviews to learn more about how people are interacting with our site and what they find useful and confusing. We discovered that the top menu is rarely used, and that people were quite confused about the difference between the “New”, “Unread” and “Latest” tabs. Most of the frequent visitors who read a lot just used the Latest tab. In response to this, we are exploring simplifying the top menu. In particular, what I…

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