The Master Genealogist
M Stowe wrote:
Guess this is a strange question but was is TMG?
M.
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Bruce McArthur
<[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[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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