I'm a new user, I've only been around for two days. I just found out that I could [accept answers][1], because I was curious about those green tick things. At first, I did not know what they were. Now I know, but it was not immediately apparent to me.

I think that providing a little more information when questions are asked would go a long way towards solving [the problems of questions with unaccepted answers][2].

I would add a little notice below the "Notify [email] daily of any new answers" message to say that I can come back and click the tick to accept an answer. For example,

> The tick lets you choose / accept the answer that was most helpful.


  [1]: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/5234/how-does-accepting-an-answer-work/5235#5235
  [2]: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/79762/157489