I managed to get the UBBT support ticket open after all (the one I had trouble with in the wee hours). I can't imagine the UBBT developer won't be able to fix the problems (those noted here as well as a few others) but I suppose it's a possibility.

Roger, I just noticed your edit:
Originally Posted By: roger
I find that if I click on the "Last Post" column link to get to the last post, then it works as expected. if I click on the category link, and click the thread title, then I lose the red numbers, and am not taken to the first unread post.

Yeah, the link in the Last Post column is to a specific post (the URL ends with a post #) and AFAICT those type of links (in a user's post list or search results or wherever) take us to the right place. It's when we go to a forum and click the subject of a thread that has unread replies (URL ends with &gonew=1#UNREAD) that we get taken to the top of the thread instead of the first unread reply.

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