Ron I smiled when I read your email and Dick's. I go back a ways too---1982, Family Roots, Apple IIc. Before that it was exclusively stubby pencil and paper.
The 1982 days saw the barest of bones for a computer genealogy program---but, oh my, it was SO much better than that ole stubby pencil. I remember my grandmother complaining of the first automobiles--who needed radios and windshield wipers? What would she would think of today's cars with DVD screens and voice navigation systems. And electric starters!! Why that ole handcrank worked just fine. Those days do have an air of romantic charm. Life sans indoor plumbing, refrigeration, electricity, telephones, gas engines, central heat, Legacy 7.0. Bahhhh----who needs it! :) Gary > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:LegacyUserGroup- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald ferguson > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 3:46 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy - What is it for? > > > Following recent suggestions for additions to Legacy I received the email > below from a long standing user of Legacy. As his views broadly speaking > reflect mine I thought members of LUG may be interested in an alternative > perspective. > > Ron Ferguson > > From : dlks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent : 14 February 2007 20:48:53 > To : > CC : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject : RE: [LegacyUG] Publishing Center suggestion ... > > > I've been a LEGACY user / supporter since their first version in the early > '90s and am always amazed with how ... in every new version ... they > are adding more and more "features" to what SHOULD be a Family History / > Genealogy program ... mainly to satisfy people who don't want to ( or are > unable to ) use / invest in a word processor, photo editing, etc. etc., > program(s), but are always "demanding" that tools like those be added to the > program. All the arguments about being "needed" and / or ( maybe ) useful > might be valid for some, but just tend to clutter up and detract from the > programs intended function ... that of a Genealogy program. > > All the postings on the users group site tend to reflect that by all the > "confusion" all these additions are causing. > > I am not subscribed to the list, because I got tired of reading all the > "wish list" and endless complaints because "something can't be figured out" > postings ... I periodically read the list archives and find many of the > postings borderline comical. > > It makes me wonder how these people even find time to actually DO any Family > History research, and what they would do if they had to use the "old" before > computers pencil, paper, phone, and mail method of research. > > Please ... leave the program as it's intended to be! > > Dick > > > researching SCHWEISS, MEIER, SCHMIDT / SCHMITT > Visit my website at: > http://www.harbornet.com/folks/dick/SchweissFamilyHistory2.htm > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: > http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ > *New Blog* - Improve Colour Photos with The GIMP > Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw > http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ > ______________________________________________________________________ > > _________________________________________________________________ > Upload 500 photos a month & blog with your Messenger buddies on Windows Live > Spaces. Get yours now, FREE! http://specials.uk.msn.com/spaces/default.aspx > > > > Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not > found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at > http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail- > archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
