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
>
>
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