livealittle - No sure if this is what you're looking for but if you click on "New Posts" at the top and then the little blue circle to the left of the title of the thread, it takes you to the new post for that thread.
This feature is also available in a topic. So under "General Discussion" you can look for the bold titles - which indicates there's a new post - and then click on the blue circle to the left of the title and it takes you to the new posts for that thread.
