Funny this subject should come up! I come home from work to see a dozen
emails about something that I have had a lot of thought about.
I have been a happy Legacy user for many years, but then thought to myself
that I should try TMG just because I thought I should try something
different (probably something like the grass is greener in that "other"
cemetery). So I shelled out the extra bucks, and you know what? It didn't
take long for me to come back to Legacy. I really toiled about this and
wrote my own pros and cons a while ago, and here they are:
Comparing TMG to Legacy
Legacy
Pros
. Places are "auto filled" when you start typing a place
(TMG has a 'repeat last field' feature, but you have to go to a menu
and find it, where Legacy, you just type and it fills in)
. Places are all on one line. (separate fields on TMG)
. You can sort events and children any way you want them.
(TMG sorts with date first)
. I really like the source clipboard
(TMG has a 'repeat last source', but it is clunky, and if you have one
source that affects lots of people, you have a lot of copy and
pasting to do for source details)
. Some of the new features like Geo Locations are cool
. I like the "one click" navigation
(TMG you have to double click - big whoop!)
Cons
. It is hard to see all of the events for a person at a glance
(like events, AKA's, children and other spouses are each on separate
screens)
. You can not assign witnesses to an event (like census)
TMG
Pros
. You can see each item (event) about an individual while you edit
(events, AKAs, children, other spouses are all visible while you edit)
. If the name of a spouse of an individual is not known, you can
specify
to not print "UNKNOWN" on a report,
Sometimes, you just want a blank instead of an obnoxious "UNKOWN" on a
Descendancy report!
. For events, you can specify if the source applies to a date, or
place
(it does not consider the source for both unless you specify.. like if
you found a source for a marriage with one source and the date on
another source, and another source gives the location, you can
specify which is which)
Cons
. Places are separated out into City, State, etc
(a lot of extra keying in).
. Sometimes you get strange unexplainable errors (unstable at times)
. Reports are very hard to work with.
. Note fields are hard to work with (especially to get them to print
the way you want on a report - where as Legacy allows you to type anything
in the notes and they come out they way you typed it on a report)
This last thing was the clincher for me (along with the source clip board).
It took me a very long time going through the manual to find all of the
right control characters one would have to learn to get a report to come out
the way you want it, while with Legacy, you hit enter and you get a new
line... TMG note fields are like working with an old DOS text editor!
Bottom like for me, is that Legacy gives me everything I need and it is
simply easier to work with. Not to knock TMG, I like a lot of the features.
Some days I kind of wish Legacy would add some of those features - like
adding witnesses to events (wink, wink!). But at this stage in the game, I
am very happy I went back to Legacy. I will keep it!
Hope this is not too much information!
Tim Willis
Voorheesville, NY
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