ᐅ What do you think of the new design of the house building forum?
Created on: 14 Jan 2026 12:17
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hanghaus2023
I can’t say anything about that. First, we need to wait and see what stops working as usual.
hanghaus2023 schrieb:
What annoys me the most has always been that you can’t make changes after 4 minutes. What is the basic idea behind this limitation? Well, it’s only 4 minutes here, elsewhere it’s 4 days or weeks in the green zone. What does that lead to: people write pages and pages, give recommendations, think things through, offer advice, start planning—and then the original poster deletes all their posts after three days. Do you think that’s better?
What’s important is having a short time window to quickly correct typos. The 4 minutes rule was there before and it’s back now.
hanghaus2023 schrieb:
I would like to be able to assess whether it’s worth investing more energy here. Manage your energy as you see fit. What is currently limiting you? Many missing points have been addressed, so it’s already close to a good forum.
hanghaus2023 schrieb:
Not receiving emails as before is really a no-go. User functions will probably be added soon as well. First, the important features for the general community were fixed. I found the emails quite annoying—especially toward the end when I received them without even subscribing—clogging up my inbox. When you need them... well, at least you don’t need them to keep a forum running.
If you consider the missing emails a no-go, then I don’t know. It’s like saying, “A house without a basement is a no-go” 😉
hanghaus2023 schrieb:
That brings us to the next big issue. No option for private messages. We’ve gotten used to private messages. New users could never really be reached anyway.
You can’t expect an anarchic forum here that clears away all confusing blocks just because the webmaster, not the admin, is handling it.
The forum works despite some flaws, but to get so upset about the current state (as of 30.01.) feels disproportionate.
Take care of your heart!
I see it a bit differently... the forum operates on the worst possible basis.
One essential feature is to jump to the first unread post when clicking on a thread. This does not work. So usability cannot be discussed.
It makes sense to see in which categories a thread was started,
it makes sense to have your bookmarks available again,
it makes sense to have page navigation within a thread both at the top and bottom of the screen (which was missing even in the old version),
it makes sense to be able to display more than 6 posts per page,
... and so on, and so forth.
One essential feature is to jump to the first unread post when clicking on a thread. This does not work. So usability cannot be discussed.
It makes sense to see in which categories a thread was started,
it makes sense to have your bookmarks available again,
it makes sense to have page navigation within a thread both at the top and bottom of the screen (which was missing even in the old version),
it makes sense to be able to display more than 6 posts per page,
... and so on, and so forth.
... it makes sense that after posting a new message, it should immediately appear in the list of new posts without having to wait at least 30 seconds.
... it makes sense that in an overview of new posts, only threads where not all messages have been read are shown, with the option to include the read ones as well (like before).
... and actually, I didn’t want to write any more product reviews ;-)
... it makes sense that in an overview of new posts, only threads where not all messages have been read are shown, with the option to include the read ones as well (like before).
... and actually, I didn’t want to write any more product reviews ;-)
ypg schrieb:
The important thing is that you still have a little time to quickly correct your spelling mistakes. There was a 4-minute window, and it’s available again now. When I came here nine years ago, it was, if I remember correctly, still ten minutes (which was sufficient). Often, after five or even eight minutes, I think of an addition or notice a mistake (which isn’t much in relative terms, since many of my posts take about half an hour to write).
The notification that additional replies have been posted in the same thread is also missing now.
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kbt09 schrieb:
That doesn’t work. So you can’t really talk about usability. kbt09 schrieb:
Makes sense It makes sense to just wait for a while.
I also waited a few days two weeks ago; some things were changed in the meantime. There will surely be more to come.
I don’t know how it is for you, but at our workplace we get between 2 and 10 IT info messages daily about the network—what is not working, what is in progress, or disturbances and maintenance on this or that tool. Thousands of employees adjust to this, respond accordingly, and work according to plan B, C, or D; there is always an alternative. However, the “Olympia” is not taken out—it has been abolished.
If your cooked pudding has become too runny, it needs to cook for 10 more minutes to get the right consistency.
Correcting a spelling mistake takes 2 seconds, formatting an A4 page takes 2 minutes, a presentation takes 2 hours, and a PhD thesis without AI at least 2 months.
A big mess was made here, yes!
But what you are doing is just complaining and demanding. Are you like this in other situations too? Rarely does one make progress by just blaming or preaching about how things could have been better. That’s a very poor attitude and certainly not productive anywhere nowadays.
Make yourself a cup of tea and wait it out.
ypg schrieb:
This is a very poor standard and is certainly not productive anywhere nowadays. The communication here is at a very poor standard. If I ever handled an update of our ERP programs/document management systems etc. at my company like this, I would have been immediately fired.
This thread has basically evolved into a way for webmasters and admins to be alerted to problems. But that requires feedback, and if you make a mess like with the update of this forum (if it was indeed a planned update), managing the errors should include information distribution—it should at least be standard practice. I understand that this may not be the absolute priority at first, but when the last message from the webmaster here was on 14.01. and 16 days later the forum is still barely usable, then users have every right to say so loudly and clearly without being accused of complaining.
ypg schrieb:
You rarely make progress if you only criticize or preach how it could have been better At the start, there was some expression of surprise about this failed update, but many users have left indications about what still does not work. Even my most recent "sensible" list is nothing other than pointing out features that are still missing. Because my impression is that there is no clear concept of what the forum software should actually be able to do and support.