"Newest Nodes and Recently Active Threads keep track of that automatically for you; you shouldn't have to manage that yourself."

That's not been my experience; I have had to manage it manually. Do I need to adjust one or more settings somewhere for this to be automatic?

"How are you doing that? You shouldn't need to explicitly log out and in again."

I don't log in and out. Say I'm logged in using www.perlmonks.org, here's two common methods I use (with Firefox):

• Duplicate Tab, then change org to net (or similar): different URL; no cookies set for this URL; not logged in.
• Right-click then "Open Link in New Private Window": same URL; no cookies set in new private session; not logged in.

"... via the Domain Nodelet."

I've seen that in the past; it used to appear automatically; I never used it. I now see it's an opt-in via "Nodelet Settings". But thanks anyway for pointing it out.

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