I'm just going to directly quote an issue a member of my forum came to me with:
So my questions would be:
Is there a way to have the notification count subtract by 1, as you click on each notification?
If not, is there a way to keep the the messages in the notifications unread, until it is clicked?
This leads me to the next issue, and I am not sure if this is a bug. The dropdown notification menu is always marked as "read". But the notification page correctly marks the threads as unread or read. They don't match, and you can take a look at my screenshot for an example.