Molie, AdBlock is (obviously) designed to block ads. How it works is by simply ignoring anything it has been told to ignore that comes from a different URL. If you have it loaded, you can click on the logo and get a list of blockable items. Then what you get rid of is up to you. GardenWeb has a habit of periodically asking for corrupted URLs. So the browser sits there trying to find a URL that doesn't exist. That's how I started getting rid of the graphics. I've also had slow connections, and old computers in the past that don't necessarily work well with the 'latest and greatest'. With a page like GardenWeb, where the point is mostly straight text, there isn't much reason to put up with bells and whistles that slow things down.

Jasdip and Murraysmom, there's a bit of a fix you can do for the thread issue. If you sort by the middle display option (there's no name for it that I can tell, so sorry for the vague description) it shows the thread and the last person who posted in it, what they posted and how long ago it was posted. That helps a bit knowing if you've read it or not. My picture in my very first post shows you where to look for it. It's located on the main KT page with all the thread titles on it. Hopefully they will add something to tell us when it's been read but this is working for me in the meantime.

I found a way to get rid of all that blinding white. At least for Chrome users. Chrome has a extension for free called "Screen Shader". It changes the background to a softer color, their default is a soft orange, but you can change to a few other colors such as pink, soft blue, various tans, and black. You can also adjust the intensity from a very subtle color to more vibrant. I think it can also vary it automatically from day to night. Anyway, it's nice and it's free. Here's a link; screen-shader If you use other browers, check out their ext. and apps. most have similar free add ons. For Firefox there's no squint I didn't even realize how much it was hurting my eyes until I undid the white. Like when some annoying background noise stops, so relieved!

"Is anyone who actually uses GW involved in it now?" Not sure what you mean by this :-) If you access the list of forums from the 'Explore Topics' option on the far left side under the 'Your Topics' listing (rather than accessing from Stories and Advice), the GW forums are presented in an alphabetized list. Although they have mixed in all the Home forums as well. But the list of topics or forums you follow (under Your Topics) is still just a non-alphabetized jumble....which is somewhat irritating if you have a lot listed. Otherwise, while still not visually easy to use or read, I am finding the new format workable. Still numerous bugs to be worked out, like the triple forum posting, which is a confusing mess, and the new tabs for every post and the lack of a back button feature.