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On Dec 26, 2013, at 3:48 PM, Jackie King <jskin...@gmail.com> wrote: > When it comes right down to it, whether you upgrade now or later to a later > version of Legacy, you will eventually upgrade only because as you upgrade > your computer you are almost forced to upgrade the software at some point. > > So whether you choose to upgrade now or in the future, the discussions are > relevant to everyone if they want to make sure their favorite options are > kept, expanded upon in the future, corrected, or deleted. > > But no - no one should be forced to upgrade immediately. > > Jackie > > > On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Leon Chapman <chap...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Denise: >> >> Here are a few of the reasons you might want to upgrade to Legacy 8 - the >> new features: >> Origins Report >> >> Migration Report >> >> Migration Mapping >> >> Instant Duplicate Checking >> >> Potential Problem Alerts and Gaps >> >> Shared Events >> >> Family Bow Tie Chart – Husband & Wife >> >> Descendant Chart – L to R >> >> Source Quality >> >> Source Labels >> >> Source Clipboard – 5 sources >> >> Pedigree Citations >> >> FamilySearch Integration >> >> Wall Charts – Duplicate lines suppressed >> >> Chronology View >> >> User Interface – New >> >> Tagging – 9 >> >> Automatic Sorting >> >> Statistics >> >> Media Relinker >> >> Media Gatherer >> >> Web Links >> >> Color Coding >> >> >> >> My favorites are: >> >> 1. Automatic Sorting >> >> Legacy 8 sorts spouses, children, and events by dates automatically upon >> entry -- this is a major savings in time when it comes to data entry. This >> option along is worth every penny of the upgrade. >> >> >> >> 2. Statistics >> >> The Origins Report, migration report, statistics and enhance mapping are >> great new features. >> >> >> >> 3. The Potential Problems Alerts and Gaps & Duplicate checking >> >> These features are great and will definitely help keep a better, more >> accurate database of your family and events. >> >> >> >> 4. The Media Relinker and Gatherer are very powerful tools to bring your >> pictures together into a better structured location. >> >> >> >> 5. The new User Interface - probably should be #1 on the list >> >> The new modern user interface brings almost every option out to the user >> in a simple intuitive graphic icon format. It is so much easier to use and >> find what you want to do with this new user interface. Without question, >> this is the single most important part of the new Legacy 8 that the user >> touches during almost any operation within Legacy 8. >> >> >> >> 6. FamilySearch Integration >> >> This feature has greatly been improved and provides an enormous FREE >> resource to millions of family trees available at FamilySearch.org that is >> very nicely integrated into Legacy 8. You can add new people to your tree >> from the FamilySearch Trees with sourcing with just a few clicks of the >> mouse. Sourcing is automatic when you add a person to your database from >> FamilySearch.org. You will find it difficult at best to do something >> similar at other websites like Ancestry.com (Oh! Buy the way, that will cost >> you $300-400/year to have a membership to access their database). The >> $30-40 price of Legacy 8 seems like a bargain, upgrading is even cheaper. >> >> >> >> 7. Other new features >> >> I won't spend time on them here, but each of them provides additional >> reasons for upgrading to Legacy 8. >> >> In my opinion, Legacy 8 is truly the best genealogy software on the >> market today. >> >> >> >> If you haven't upgraded to Legacy 8, What are you waiting for? >> >> >> By the way, I do not receive any $$ from Legacy and am not an employee of >> their firm. >> >> >> ___ >> Leon Chapman >> chap...@gmail.com >> ----- >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Wendy Howard <wendy.how...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Denise said: "I, too, have Vewsion 7.4.0.45 and am disinclined to >>> upgrade. My version works just fine, and seeing all the emails about >>> various 'bugs' gives me pause." >>> >>> There are bugs in the version you are using, too - it's just that you're >>> not as aware of them as you are these v8 issues due to them being >>> discussed here on the list right now. No program is perfect, but a good >>> one is a constant work in progress to fix the bugs that have been found, >>> as Legacy is. >>> >>> Don't take what you hear on this list as the be-all-and-end-all of your >>> decision making about upgrading. If you're really concerned about them >>> in your decision to upgrade or not, consider each one you hear about: >>> >>> --> Would it actually affect you, and the way you use the program? >>> What's the point of deciding to not upgrade because of these bugs, if >>> they're in features you'd never use anyway? >>> >>> --> Is it actually a bug, or is it not working the way that person wants >>> it to, or is acting the way it is on their machine due to some other >>> setting on their computer that can't be replicated on another? >>> >>> Genuine bugs will be fixed in time, and you'll only get the fix if you >>> upgrade your program. This could include bugs that were present in >>> previous versions, too, if they hadn't been identified earlier. >>> >>> Be aware too - what you're seeing here on the list is only a fraction of >>> the discussion going on about v8 (many people using Legacy don't join or >>> post here, and may be having off-list discussions with Legacy and other >>> users that you're not seeing), and some of the discussion here on the >>> list is particularly acrimonious from people who have their own axe to >>> grind, instead of reasoned discussion isolating and and identifying a >>> problem, and then moving on. That could cloud your opinions, too. >>> >>> Also, don't forget that you can download and install v8 without loosing >>> v7 - so you can take a look at v8 and evaluate its merits for yourself. >>> The two versions are installed in different places on your computer, and >>> you can have them both open at the same time to compare features. Just >>> don't try to open the same data file in both programs at the same time - >>> make a copy of the file and open the copy in v8. The data file >>> structure will be altered the first time you open in in v8, and after >>> you've done that it won't open in v7 any more. >>> >>> Hope this helps. :-) >>> >>> Kind Regards, >>> Wendy >>> >>> Denise said the following on 27/12/2013 9:47 a.m.: >>> > I, too, have Vewsion 7.4.0.45 and am disinclined to upgrade. My >>> > version works just fine, and seeing all the emails about various >>> > 'bugs' gives me pause. >>> > >>> > >>> > On Thursday, December 26, 2013 9:15 AM, "ci...@treadles.ca" >>> > <ci...@treadles.ca> wrote: >>> > Many of these bugs that were supposedly fixed in version 7.5.0.278 I've >>> > never come across. There are many features in the program that apply to >>> > the USA only and if the bug is there, I'd never find them and they >>> > wouldn't bother me. And the improvements in 7.5 weren't improvements to >>> > me, I just plain didn't want them. >>> > >>> > > At this >>> > > point, there are just too many things that are not debugged or missing >>> > > in comparison with version 7.5. >>> > And too many useless-to-me bells and whistles features. >>> > >>> > Good luck with your database. >>> > >>> > Helen >>> >>> >>> >>> 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 > > > > 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). 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