It's going to be a painful transition. I think we'll lose a lot of longtime members.

It's normal to feel weird at first when changes of this magnitude happen. Just hang in there and it will feel better in no time.

It's just a change. It's really not that much different.

I'm not pleased.

I actually prefer it. I can read more messages on one page with this format. It’s easier for me.

Seems like there are threads disappearing. Where's the posts about deleting photos from threads under the old GW.

hate !!!! hate it!!! hate it a lot!!!!

Is there a discussion and conversation side??

Don't shoot me, but a good thing is no pop up ads!!!!

Adblockplus always fixed popups for me before the merge. . .

Yes, not easy to see this. I'll give it a try but am feeling sad.

And I'm aktillery, not my houzz name beagles99! Oh my....

Unless they make a Home Decoration/Conversation side-I'm not sure the Conversation side will ever be successful again, sad to say. I think the "conversation" will get moved down the list so fast that unless you are looking for a certain post, it will get lost and it will not get any attention. I don't think they really care about the "Conversations" side anyway. I like the format otherwise.

I cannot change my user name as my gw name is already taken.

That's a bummer aktillery, we've gotten rather attached to our gw name. I can't believe I got mine back because mine was the houzz name at first.

Why fix it if it ain't broke?

Aktillery ~ You can change to aktillery_gw which will designate you as the original .

It took me forever to get into the site because I couldn't remember what Email address I used. Then, I couldn't use my existing name because it was "already in use." Yeah...by ME!!! So frustrating.

Plus I see we've lost the ability to use capital letters in our name even though I registered it with capitals.

Change is difficult. I do like the ability to add multiple commented photos and videos without resorting to HTML or third party sites. ..

The worst part of their forum software seems to be that it is unaware of the user's past behavior. Past views are not marked, and you have to sort through replies to get where you left off. Chowhound has a great interface that hides the replies you've already seen, and greys out threads with nothing new since the last time you've viewed them. I'd like to see that (or a suggestion box). I'll try the bookmark function and see how it works for me. Replies there also nested by reply.

OK, the bookmark function does work to take you back to where you stopped reading a thread. it is available under "Your Houzz".

I don't see the book mark function?

OMG - already i'm overwhelmed with all the posts about the changes, how to navigate, what works and what doesn't. And that's not even getting into anything decorating or normal conversations!! I am not taking this well!

Many problems, especially if you had accounts on GW and Houzz.

I also used to be able to start at the top of a board and go down until I found the last thread that was a different color, which would indicate that the threads above that all had comments that I had not read. That doesn't work anymore and there is no way I can remember if I read threads 21 hours ago or was it 22 hours ago. Not user friendly.

Testing - does HTML work? can I quote what someone said and have the quote show in italics? - Nope, but I did learn how to edit.

I am happy that the we have caps back in our user names. I am disappointed to have lost the "Conversations" side and I don't feel that this site is nearly as readable on a smartphone.

So instead of a "Reply", it's now called "Comment"? Ok.

Geeze, this is looks and feels so strange. Has anyone tried to add a photo yet?

my user names are different, so this is a test. confused!

My biggest concern is the inability to edit or delete our old posts. Pictures that we shared with our much smaller GW community are now stuck on Houzz without any way for us to remove them :(

I just came looking for this forum. Had a terrible time. I had never changed my email address, (actually had forgotten to do that) so it was obsolete. I finally registered with Houzz to get here, and find nothing even familiar. I had to choose a new user name (old user name reversed). There wasnt even anywhere that I could find, to let them know my correct email address. Quite honestly, this is the worst format, I have ever seen on any forums.

So deleting the photos stored at your online photo site, doesn't make the those you posted in the forums disappear too? That used to work. I not may post as many pics now if they will appear on Houzz. Just doesn't feel as safe as when I did it on GW, don't know why.

I think I'll give it a try tho. It worked!

I had trouble keeping my username too, as it said it was already taken, BUT if you go into Edit your profile, put in your screen name into the part that says Public Name.

I still see your photo schoolhouse. Were you trying to see if that photo "disappeared"?

No, I was just testing the add a photo option. Someone else above was saying how photos posted in GW before the Houzz merger can not be deleted and I offered a suggested that used to work for me (deleting the pic at the original site i.e. Photo Bucket for instance). Guess a person doesn't need Photo Bucket now to post pics here, just do it right from your computer.

This is Cran but for some reason I can only use my Houzz name Susanew but did find out I first registered at Gw in 2006. No newbie here!

Thanks Jasdip, I was able to get the name reversed. I was one of gardenweb original members many years ago (computer help), and name was just Cat on there, and then everything changed years ago, and I had to re register again, and couldnt get Cat because they said it was used ( it was, by me, lol)so had to tack on the ky. I really didnt want to change it again. I think it is now right.

The posts should have a date and time---- especially the original post.

I'm having withdrawals :-(

Yes, I miss when the post was a different color after I read it!

Another "something else not to like:"

Anyone can change their first name to anything they want and have that viewable. Which means, this post looks like it came from momof3kids_pa (but it's me, Errant).

momof3kids or errant (how confusing) - that is not cool. My Houzz name was the same as my GW but under 2 different emails so I am leaving them separate. I'm not sure that even matters? But I suspect it would if I have shared idea books I'd rather not have them link right over to my GW posts.

If a username is unique, then why don't they do the same with the displayed name? One should never be able to post with someone else's identity showing.

Yay, I'm me again!

Letting people change the name that appears on their posts seems pretty hinky. But then again, it could be fun. On Easter, we ALL be the Easter Bunny ;)

"The worst part of their forum software seems to be that it is unaware of the user's past behavior. Past views are not marked, and you have to sort through replies to get where you left off. "

EXACTLY - posts I have looked at should be a different color ... like the rest of the web.

Have to agree...not having the links change color after viewing is contributing to everyone's sense that we are all lost in a new landscape. It's a waste of time to keep wading through threads wondering if I've already been there. I hope they can change this!

testing to see what happens....

Ok....right name at least....

my links are going from green to grey after I read them.

I just started to seeing the change this morning.

The problem is if you read the thread earlier and there have been new posts added, it shows as grey as if you read all the posts, even though you have not.