Charles, One thing to keep in mind - If you are using event sharing, a GEDCOM solution will not transfer the sharees in a shared event, only the main person will be transferred. Families will transfer shared events with all appropriate roles and sentences being transferred.
Ron Bernier Woonsocket, RI On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Charles Apple <apple1...@centurylink.net>wrote: > Thanks David. The time consideration is also important to me. > > > > Charles > > > > *From:* David Cripps [mailto:cri...@netspace.net.au] > *Sent:* Monday, March 03, 2014 7:40 PM > *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Mobile Apps for Legacy > > > > Hello Charles, > > Monday, March 3, 2014, 9:35:04 AM, you wrote: > > Which of the two mobile applications, Pocket Genealogist or Families, is > best for using Legacy on a Samsung Galaxy S4? It is my understanding that > Families does not support Legacy 8 yet, and I am not sure about the Pocket > Genealogist. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. > > > > I'm more of a lurker on this List than a poster, but having gone through > the selection process for having a Genealogy app on my Galaxy S3, my > thoughts are as follows: > > (1) Yes Families did work ok on my phone, but my file ended up being 163 > megs in size, took ten minutes to encode, then another 15 to 20 minutes to > upload to Dropbox. > (2) I make updates regularly to Legacy and want the changes reflected > quickly on my Android phone, so for me I considered the time aspect > important. > (3) Only a personal choice I guess, but do I want photos to display on a > tiny smartphone screen; No perhaps not. > (4) In the end I wanted the data to be readable, the sources available, > but no photos, and that is why I choose a GEDCOM platform app, like Family > Bee. > > Personal choice of course, but in the end I wanted all my data readily to > hand when I visit the local archives or library, and I find that a GEDCOM > app more than meets the bill for this. > > > Cheers > Dave Cripps in Hobart > > > > 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
