I notice when I am working in sketch only about 1/4 if that of the saved items in my ideabooks even show up to use. Maybe this is what Flo is talking about. Mine however are in alphabetical order.

That too! No my ideabooks are NOT in alphabetical order. On desktop or iPhone. I do most work on my iPhone. The saved items are only 1/4 view which makes picking items really hard.

Flo- On my laptop I'm able to arrange my Ideabooks in any order I please as all I have to do is drag them. Have you tired that?

Jinx- Are you talking about OP's or Houzz listening to our issue with their site?

Apparently I can do that on my desktop, Flo, but it is a pain to organize. I'd rather be able to select a button that would alphabetize the order for me. Thanks Houzz for posting my "original author" idea. Maybe as folks comment or complain here they should say whether their issues are related to using a phone, app, laptop or desktop. So many features just don't play well across the media.

• Photos: When a post/comment has multiple images, the ability to click on an image and scroll through the rest of the images in the set. Right now you have to click and close each image individually -It's annoying.
• Reply Comments: Have a "reply" button at the bottom of each comment (alongside the "like" and "save" option) which will automatically tag their name in the new comment box (similar to FB/IG).

Yes I have tried organizing the ideabooks on my desktop and iPhone that way. But it doesn’t hold. Plus, I have too many ideabooks and there doesn’t seem to be a way to delete more than one at a time. It would take weeks to do it that way. Also, other people post on my ideabooks so I finally locked many to prevent that where I especially didn’t want it happening. In addition, where I have added people to an Ideabook, when I want to delete it, the system won’t allow the delete.

Flo- Regarding Desktop. Do you want to eliminate users and/or yourself from Ideabooks which may also be the reason you can't delete an IB until the book is free of other users? If so, try this if you haven't. Go to the Ideabook. In the upper right side, you'll see photos of people and the word Invite. Click on Invite. You will see Edit and from there you can remove yourself or others.

I rearranged some of my IB to test if they were holding and they were so I don't know what is causing yours not to.

It is too bad that the IB doesn't give options to organize easily. I have over 100 books (mostly private) and spent one afternoon arranging them alphabetical. It took forever to drag. So much simpler if there was a button to click on but still keeping the option to drag as I do rearrange them based on who and what I'm working on at the moment.

Deleting ... if I remember correctly before all the changes, we could check mark one or many IB's to delete at once and now that isn't the case. Wish that feature was back.

Yes, ted, I have tried that without success. But it has been a while, so I'll try again. 100 ideabooks! haha! I have over 1,000!!! I know, it's crazy but I am busy with so many projects and activities here I need them, but deleting in a more global way would be so much better! Alphabetcally would be so much of an improvement for me at least. I even created my own "code" names to help the speed in finding them. Might get some time later tonight to give it a try. Thanks. Helping each other here is really a Blessing!

Flo- OMG- over 1K! At least you have your system down to handle that many. In my younger days I could cope with that many but every day now I seem to be decluttering and simplifying. Though my partner would disagree since I'm wanting to add on a big addition to our house-lol. Hopefully, Houzz will give us an alphabetized button. And by the way, at some point the drag of the IB wasn't holding for me either but that has been a while so I hope it works for you now, too.

I would like the ability to follow a topic I am interested in without having to save it to an ideabook or comment to be able to get notifications

Helen- I'm on a laptop and at the bottom of the Original post there are multiple boxes - Email, Save, Comment, Like, Follow. I haven't tried it but I'm assuming that if you click on Follow that it will send you notifications. I don't know if these boxes are available for all devices.

Thank you, Tedbixby. I saw a follow button just now, for the very first time. I don't know if they added it for my device, or I missed it before, but that is perfect!

Edited to say that now I see the button is available on this topic, but not available in hot topics or design dilemma, which are the two I want the feature for.

I checked a few of the Design Dilemma's that I'm active on and all those had the Follow Button.

Exciting to see a Follow button.

Im on a MacBook and don't see those options on my screen.

I am on a PC and I can only see it on this post for some reason. This is what I see on other posts (hopefully the OP doesn't mind being used as an example)

I looked in settings and can't see anything to allow it. Strange that I can see it here and nowhere else.

Design Interior South- not all the changes Houzz has been making recently have been rolled out across all the devices yet. I'm guessing Houzz is putting a toe in the water before taking a full dive in on these changes.

Helen- do you see it on this Design Dilemma https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5951898/what-do-do-with-this-fireplace#25746517 ? If you do, I'm thinking that certain topics, like the devices, are not rolled out across the board.

tedbixby- I think they were changing as we were posting. Now the subscribe button is there in both forums, and the example I showed has changed

Great :).

It occurred to me that another feature I would like would be that new members be required to choose a screen name instead of being assigned a HU#. Most websites require that you choose one. It's really tiresome to have dozens and dozens, hundreds, of HU#'s posting and certainly doesn't create any kind of familiarity or feeling of community that some would like to see. It's just way too impersonal and even though screen names are fictional and anonymous, it's nice to have something other than what looks like an inmate number.

I agree with that Olychick. I have made the mistake of thinking one HU person when in actuality I was commenting to another and it made the whole post very confusing.

Well “follow“ exists on Houzz but not on gardenweb. Pity.

I don't see any "follow" buttons on my laptop.

I think they are fiddling with something, because the subscribe button popped up for me on all the posts, then vanished again. I hope it becomes a standard feature

Diana- did you click on the link that I posted above yesterday regarding what to do with this fireplace? As I checked it today and other threads under Design Dilemmas and they still are showing the Follow button.

Yes, tedbixby, I clicked on it and saw no "follow" button. Don't see it now either.

Hi @tedbixby and @Diana Bier Interiors, LLC,

the follow button is a feature we are testing. In that case, you could follow any discussion without commenting on it. Not everyone could see that so far. It's only available on the web (not App). At least for the web, it should be ready for everyone in the coming week.

I will make an update here if it's released to everyone on the web, thanks!

would love to see opinion on replacing vs. refacing kitchen cabinets...pros and cons for both, please.

Please don't try to be like other sites. There's a reason Houzz has so many users.

I would like to see more of diy video’s on how to install headers on weight bearing walls, please.

I would like to see more of before and after transformations.. Included along this topic how it was accomplished and the new materials used.
DIY projects with ratings. For example: easy, intermediate, better have a friend handy, and lastly
call in the pros!
New home improvement gadgets and how it is utilized to transform a project. ( similar to Allure Magazine annual” Best of” and groundbreaking ( no pun) ideas.
Thank you for asking for your readers input Houzz Team!

When I find a topic in help discussions with many many comments, I’d like to see a go to the top button rather than having to scroll repeatedly to get to the beginning. Even though some of the comments have been replaced with developments in the discussion, not being a professional, it helps me to see the suggestions, rejections, and reasoning behind an ongoing project: especially if it’s a project I’m facing in my own home, ie the 1980’s corner fireplace :)

I so agree with Flo Mangan...the feature I've long desired is the ability to sort and arrange my idea books alphabetically. It is ridiculous to have to scroll through them by the hunt and peck method each and every time I want to save a new photo or search for specific photos. And this is on the desktop site, by the way. I don't use Houzz on my phone because the photos are entirely too small to view with any reasonable clarity of detail. I am a long time Houzz user, and I plan on being one for a long time to come. PLEASE enable us to organize our idea books for optimum ease and efficiency!

I would like to have the ability to start polls on threads like Twitter has.

Update: the following option is now available for everyone for all the web users! Right now if you follow a discussion, you will get notifications when a new comment is added. Thanks!

FYI @tedbixby, @Diana Bier Interiors, LLC, @Marigold

Mine has no "follow" option. Instead mine says "like". I'm using the web version, not the app.

PLEASE get rid of the silly “Featured” answer. It’s so annoying.

what about our teens Barrel horse career? I would love to see that.

I want to be able to block people. Like real life, there are people on GardenWeb who I just don't want in my life.

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Yes, this is a feature I would definitively use for a few people.

Threaded comments are better.

And maybe a feature that you can make a thread private.

And to block people from following you.

As for there are many "FAKE'' accounts. That follow tons of people.

Like over 200 accounts! One example is an account called @HU-1563426189500

And to stop the website from auto choosing the "Featured Answer''.

User status is something that should be added.

Like for example, I have 3 stars because of how helpful my answers were.

And make the author of the thread choose how many stars or how helpful a persons comment was. And the ability to delete unnecessary or unimportant comments.

Anyone agree with me?

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Please make the edit function only work for a few hours or a day. Tired of all the comments that are edited days later to add spam.

@Sean Conner what are you trying to say?

@sushipup1 i think he pressed every button...

Emojis? Also, on mobile I can’t figure out how to sort posts by date. No matter what I do I still get posts from like 2008 and 2013 at the top.

get rid of the featured answer feature

@zsmith - respectfully disagree on the gardening forums -- it's nice to be able to question someone on an "ancient" topic to get updates...

It'd be great if there was a way to highlight discussions that include source information. I'd also like to know on which threads in design dilemmas the OP updated their decision. I didn't read all the comments so sorry if this is a repeat.

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