=== modified file 'modules/comment/comment.module'
--- modules/comment/comment.module	2007-12-28 12:02:49 +0000
+++ modules/comment/comment.module	2008-01-02 07:28:34 +0000
@@ -805,6 +805,7 @@ function comment_save($edit) {
  */
 function comment_links($comment, $return = 1) {
   global $user;
+  static $page;
 
   $links = array();
 
@@ -817,6 +818,19 @@ function comment_links($comment, $return
     );
   }
 
+  if (isset($comment->next)) {
+    if (!isset($page)) {
+      $node = $comment->node;
+      $page = comment_new_page_count($node->comment_count, 1, $node);
+    }
+    $links['comment_next'] = array(
+      'title' => t('Next new'),
+      'href' => 'node/'. $node->nid,
+      'query' => $page,
+      'fragment' => 'comment-'. $comment->next,
+    );
+  }
+
   if (node_comment_mode($comment->nid) == COMMENT_NODE_READ_WRITE) {
     if (user_access('administer comments') && user_access('post comments')) {
       $links['comment_delete'] = array(
@@ -996,7 +1010,17 @@ function comment_render($node, $cid = 0)
         $comment = drupal_unpack($comment);
         $comment->name = $comment->uid ? $comment->registered_name : $comment->name;
         $comment->depth = count(explode('.', $comment->thread)) - 1;
-
+        $comment->new = node_mark($comment->nid, $comment->timestamp);
+        $comment->node = $node;
+        if ($comment->new != MARK_READ) {
+          if (isset($old)) {
+            $comments_array[$old]->next = $comment->cid;
+          }
+          $old = $comment->cid;
+        }
+        $comments_array[$comment->cid] = $comment;
+      }
+      foreach ($comments_array as $comment) {
         if ($mode == COMMENT_MODE_THREADED_COLLAPSED || $mode == COMMENT_MODE_THREADED_EXPANDED) {
           if ($comment->depth > $divs) {
             $divs++;
@@ -1559,7 +1583,9 @@ function theme_comment_view($comment, $n
   static $first_new = TRUE;
 
   $output = '';
-  $comment->new = node_mark($comment->nid, $comment->timestamp);
+  if (!isset($comment->new)) {
+    $comment->new = node_mark($comment->nid, $comment->timestamp);
+  }
   if ($first_new && $comment->new != MARK_READ) {
     // Assign the anchor only for the first new comment. This avoids duplicate
     // id attributes on a page.