Ron, Bob, etal., I do not know what a total rewrite would entail but I suspect it would take an enormous investment of resources in time, retraining, staff and money. It seems to me that to do this, since they are a small company, would require charging double or triple at retail and possibly kill their free Basic version.
Would you be willing to accept this? I too would like to see major improvements along these lines, but as an average home genealogist, and retiree I don't want to pay an outrageous price for my software. As it is Millennia is very responsive to their user base and have consistently added new and improved features, largely suggested by their users. A mostly satisfied user, Larry Lee ldlee...@gmail.com On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Ronald Bernier <ronaldbern...@icloud.com>wrote: > I have repeatedly said that the oft use support phrase "That would require > a total rewrite" is Millennia's way of saying it isn't going to happen. > After five plus years of hearing (reading) that response, I have come to > the conclusion that the odds of me winning a multi million dollar lottery > prize is much greater than ever seeing the proverbial "total rewrite". > > Ron Bernier > Woonsocket, RI > Sent from iCloud > > > On Aug 06, 2013, at 11:33 AM, Bob <byoabm8a4h...@wowway.com> wrote: > > On 2013-08-06 10:02, Mike Fry wrote: > > Access (the db system underlying Legacy) doesn't seem to allow this. > > So that's > > an indication that version 8 hasn't changed anything in that area. What's > really > > wanted is a Multiple Document Interface system, but that would entail a > total > > rewrite. For the foreseeable future, you'll just have to put up with the > Split > > Screen feature :-) > > > If five years wasn't long enough for the often-promised total rewrite, > we all know that it will NEVER happen and we will be stuck in pre-1995 > computing standards forever. > > Bob > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
