Guess this is a strange question but was is TMG? M.
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Bruce McArthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > Hi > > It's me again - the lurker and lumper. > > I hate to defend TMG because it is slow and old fashioned in its user > interface but it does have one advantage over Legacy that this group has > highlighted for me. That is it all works. The latest version of Legacy > appears to me to be full of bugs in crucial areas notably the new source > writer. Also I have just spent a few hours messing about with this very > attractive feature with a gedcom imported from TMG and it is not possible to > merge an imported source with a similar source created by the source writer > without losing the imported source detail. Consequently it would be a major > rewrite to move from TMG to Legacy for me as I am a source lumper and have > about 10000 people in my tree. Assuming each person features in 2 or 3 > censuses on average for example there is 20-30000 source details I would > have to recreate just for starters. Perhaps that is something your cousin > should consider. It's certainly putting me off. > > As for the software comparison table I never believe self-publicity - I > believe there is a similar table on the Wholly Genes website! And who uses > the alarm clock anyway? TMG has unlimited nameable flags (tags) which can > take multiple one character values which is a far superior system to Legacy > but the table just says tags = yes for both programs. Also the main person > screen shows all the applicable events and related people so you don't have > to click in different places to see them. One of the best features of TMG > is a sister program called Second Site which is a customisable web site > creation tool which operates directly on the TMG database and is far > superior to the Legacy web page facility. > > To be fair I like the way Legacy is fast, the source writer will be > fantastic when it is finished and working and I like the mapping feature > although it would be a mountainous amount of effort to use it as it doesn't > recognise most of my locations unless I prod it hard. The Research Guidance > is too US oriented to be of much use to me and anyway I prefer to think for > myself. > > Still lurking and pondering but maybe the grass isn't always greener. > > regards > > Bruce McArthur > Newcastle upon Tyne > Northumberland > England > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp