Are you flipping kidding me Houzz? Now Messages are screwed up

DLM2000-GW

5 years ago

I have 6 (six!) more pages of messages from this forum with requests to be on 'the list' and now Houzz is messing with that part of the site. I can't just open a message anymore to read it in the large window. I can archive it or reply which opens a very small window that requires scrolling to back down to the message. WTF? And none of the unopened messages have anyone's name on them as they used to. I'm losing my mind but I will figure this out - just be patient. Once you're on the list I respond through Houzz message to let you know. I will not be using Houzz for any other messages and will use the email you gave for other notifications. If you check your messages here you'll know if I rec'd your info - if you don't see a response from me just wait a bit more, no need to send again.

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aprilneverends

5 years ago

(the rebellious part of me wants to ask whether somebody knows some good hackers..)

DLM thank you so very much for doing it, really..I can't even express how grateful I am..we are..

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smhinnb
5 years ago
Wow DLM, what an undertaking. Frustrating. Thank you for taking this on.
User
5 years ago
I'm so sorry that they've added even more frustration to this and to you.

Although I'm impressed you've been able to operate this long, if you know what I mean! I keep expecting some of us to be sent to Disney any time now.
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chispa
5 years ago
Patrice, makes you wonder, it might not be a coincidence ...
Rita / Bring Back Sophie 4 Real
5 years ago
OMG DLM, thank you a million times more for doing this for all of us. Please let us (me) know if there is any way we can make your task easier.
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5 years ago
I thought of that too Chispa. I figure they're so overwhelmed trying to keep this brilliantly-rolled out "upgrade" from crashing and burning that they probably don't have time to read much else right now.
DLM2000-GW
Original Author
5 years ago
OK - got a work-around figured out and everyone added to the list. All I have to do is mark a new message as 'Read' and the sender and message are visible. Makes perfect sense, right ?! What a bunch of amateurs they have on the IT team here. And I use the terms IT and team very loosely.
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Lars/J. Robert Scott
5 years ago
I've noticed also that my History in Chrome is now backwards with regards to HD&D Forum and HD&D Discussions. Not sure how this happened, but I use Chrome history to get to this site, and now that is not working correctly. Someone got the labels backwards, and so in my History, "Discussions" takes me to the "Forum" and vice-versa.
lucillle
5 years ago
DLM, I admire you. You got it goin on. Practically a force of nature, nothing's going to stop you. Thank you.
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Lars/J. Robert Scott
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Someone must have gotten my message because the history links now work correctly!

ETA: Now's is backwards again. I also noticed that "Outdoor Cooking" is now titled "Barbecue" in my history, but this morning it was "Outdoor Cooking". Looks like they are still making a lot of changes still.
blfenton
5 years ago
Who the heck cares if it's outdoor cooking or barbecue. There are still a lot of people who can't even start a thread.
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5 years ago
I don't know if you've seen the latest pearls of wisdom from HOUZZ in their thread about all of this - but we were just told these forum changes are the result of the GW community asking for them.

Yep. I about had to pick myself up off the floor.

I've read here daily for over 10 years, and while I've seen people occasionally ask for functional/technical things, I've not once ever seen anyone ask for anything remotely like this!

I despise being gaslighted. I also don't respond well to a "blame the victim" approach. So apparently that thread that's up to 450 replies now about the various things people are having problems with or are upset about are ALL OUR OWN FAULT.

Nice.
maddielee
5 years ago
Maybe I am doing something wrong but the only problem I am having with the new design is that it leaves open too many tabs on my iPad. Not a major deal, unless you're OCD alike me.

I like being able to see the Topics I routinely follow in one place.
lascatx
5 years ago
I hate the open tab for every thread thing. It is a major pain for me. I was also about to create a thread, but I don't want it broadcast to the world -- only the former discussions group. Things are so messed up that if I did figure out how to start a thread, I still feel like I don't know where it would be going or who would be seeing it. Not wanting to share with all the IDs and trades people out there.

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DLM2000-GW
Original Author
5 years ago
Thanks everyone for the commiseration - we're all in this together, that's for sure. I know many of you have already voiced your comments [HERE[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/new-look-for-gardenweb-topics-dsvw-vd~5342444) but if you haven't, that's the 'consolidated' thread for griping. You're welcome to gripe here, too but you're singing to the choir - at least Emily reads that other thread and somewhat addresses some of the issues some of the time. How's that for a qualified endorsement ;-)

I have not posted there about the message issues out of an abundance of caution although I really don't believe they would care if we stay or go. However I haven't seen it brought up by anyone else so perhaps it's a problem on my end. Don't want to throw blame if it's not them.
msmeow
5 years ago
Today I noticed that the forum lists are now alphabetized as well as categorized! And the "related topics" are back at the top of each forum. Woohoo!

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Lars/J. Robert Scott
5 years ago
Yes, Donna, but how difficult was that? It should have been that way from the beginning, which makes me doubt their competency. I used to be a web designer, and so I know how easy it is to alphabetize something. Why they ever thought it was okay to have an unalphabetized list is beyond me.
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Lars/J. Robert Scott
5 years ago
I just now noticed that there is a "Living Room" forum that shows up in my History as "Home Design Discussions".

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