I love a plain format too, minus the fru fru.

It's true but I get it on the other site to so I still prefer the format here. Planer is better.

I like it here much better. I'm just saying we don't want or need the the emojis etc. I'm trying to agree with Jeri and you Vapor.

I'm not seeing a single ad; I have Firefox with an ad blocker. I don't know how all these other systems work, but how annoying that must be.

Now that you mention it Ingrid, I think I only see the ads on my phone. Not sure what I have on there for ad blocking I definitely have something on my computer's. Thanks for that suggestion. Something to check out.

I am not seeing any ads. I am on my phone 98% of the time these days. Its a Samsung Note9.

I ONLY access Houzz on my laptop. Using a phone for anything where I need to actually SEE detail or READ anything more than simple directions is simply too frustrating and a royal pain. So far (thankfully) I only see ads on the right of the screen, like this.

I've never seen them before yesterday, and I don't see them now.

ALSO I was not required to jump through multiple "hoops" this time. So perhaps they've fixed that.

Same with me, jeri.I guess it was just some sort of update.

Jeri - I saw them yesterday, and do not today.

Also, I contacted Customer Service about Houzz logging me out, and after some back & forth for the past 2 days, they told me to SIGN OUT of Houzz, and then click on SIGN IN, and be sure to check they box which says "keep me signed in". I did that, and it worked! I am guessing that they did another one of their "updates", and are slowly finding out what glitches that caused, and fixing them.

Jackie

I honestly don't understand why so many things go wrong.