Great!

Thank you for the update!

I can't wait. Its like getting an early Christmas present

Will you get rid of the elbow tit?
Will you make it less isolating then the site has become since you switched formats?
Will you bring back all the people who left because the site became so isolated?

No? Didn't think so.

It seems like your demise is so close. So sad, it was a great site.

Awesome sounds like improvements are coming! I keep holding on to hope that the site will become as good as it use to be ..... thank you for all your hard work to accomplish this :)

Thanks for these updates....but.....You've promised to restore our photos many times as well....I don't see that listed here....can we ever expected them to return?

This is a great update...I am really looking forward to links and crisis centres!

I thought they had photos on a future release but no date determined. I think more releases will occur past this one... at least that's how I've been interpreting the releases.

Well guess what? The f'ing send button isn't working again for me.

Whatever you did in the last 12 hours screwed up my ability to post from on my laptop. Or maybe Google Chrome did an update and you haven't synched up

You may recall I had this issue a month ago and it took several people imploring you to fix it on my behalf. It took you 14 days!

How can you possibly think about fixing bells and whistles when you can't get some basic stuff right?

I admire the rah-rah cheerleaders. Same folks every announcement. Good on you.

Why bother with "search close" when you click away from it? Who uses search it's pretty worthless.

When will DS restore the old DS? Far better product. More features, more stability, more visitors.

And, here we go again (and again and again and again...) I just typed and sent and "poof" it was gone. (thank goodness for lazarus, but e really shouldn't have to continue to worry about and take precautions for LOSING WHAT WE TYPE HERE)

ds is the living definition of insanity. Doing/saying the same things the same way over and over and over ad nauseam and expecting different results.

We are continually asked to wait and wait and wait and wait... AND be patient for all the promised stuff that not only ends up not working, but also seems to cause what little that DID work to break. And that, too, is part of the definition of insanity.

I am sick and tired of:
*having to sign in over and over and over;
*send buttons not working;
*site 404 and 5oo errors;
*broken promises of getting back some of the basics we had on the old more usable site;
*a search that mostly doesn't work;
*9 yr old posts being revived because when the search actually does result in a list of things, they are so old, most of the posters are long gone;
*a search that doesn't work when asking for a user name;
*not being able to insert links in our journals;
*inadequate space and sizing in our journals and OPs in main groups;
* and most of all,
the horrible awful PAINFUL navigation that never seems to get us anywhere, including pages that flip back to the top after having scrolled half way down or hit ctrl/cmd end/down arrow. (It's not my computer or browser, its ds because it NEVER HAPPENS ON ANY OTHER SITE.)
There's a lot more, but I think you get the idea.

Whatever patience I had is long gone. My prediction is that ds will continue to be SNAFU for years to come or until they sell it to someone who cares.

Crookedstick I can only speak for my self but the reason for rah rahing is to cope with the constant tantrums and fit throwing about the same things over and over and over and over.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.

Deal in reality and accept the fact the old DS is GONE. The new site has issues we all are aware. Barking about the same problem constantly when it's already a known issue by DS just becomes an
exercise in piling on negativity.

Accept the situation or don't. No one is forcing people to be here. No one is forcing you to use DS. That's what kills me; what reasonable person would continue to engage in something when it's clearly so upsetting to them on an ongoing basis?

rmb, I soooo agree with you. Yes, there are isues we all wish would be "cleared" up. But, instead of fighting it, or "the powers that be", why not look on the positive side, and start working With "the powers that be"!!!!

Why so negative?? Positivity, people!!!

I have to add my agreement as well....DS is listening and are working hard to make the improvements that we are requesting....Sometimes it's nice to hear thank you IMHO

It's such a relief to hear some others feeling the same way. I get the venting. I get the disappointment. I really do. I think though that for some members this has become their default position, like no matter what changes are made, no matter what we have to work with, they're never going to be happy and want to ensure that everyone knows about.

The diatribes don't affect change. They just seek to draw others in who share in the misery. Not a club I want to be a part of.