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Originally Posted by curt.clifton View Post
I agree that it's disconcerting, but the discrepancy helped me identify a couple of overdue actions that I had been missing.
I agree that it helped you identify a couple of overdue actions, but it's disconcerting. :)

I think clarity here should override the seemingly-paternalistic approach of overriding the user's own display preferences. At the very least, the user should be able to eliminate the concept of "soon" - so that red numbers only appear when an action is due today.