Sanity Check

Finally, with 8.0.2 and its significant improvement in performance (it really is true) I believe we have a Notes 8 Standard Client we can roll out to most of our users. Some users will require more RAM, but that's not going to be a problem. Interestingly, the number one request from users so far is: "Make my unread mail RED".

This should be trivial, and it was in 8.0. and 8.0.1 with the notes.css file. But in 8.0.2 its a little more complicated because:
(a) notes.css is buried in a JAR file which has a strange version number.
(b) there appears to be a theme tool out there, but without any instructions on how actually to use it to deploy themes to users.

References

Themes Widget:     (look great, but none of these have red unread)

Themes customization Widget

Update: Someone has come out with a tool to change the colour of unread mail to eliminate the need to fool around with pesky JAR files and css (which Admins don't like to do). See here

Its just not visible on passport yet...
I guess the BP's get first crack at it. Here's hoping its all its reported to be...faster, less buggy.