So as I see it David, your concerns concentrate around backward compatibility (ability to save in a old format as well as the new) as much for sharing purposes as any other reason... and yes I can add my voice to that as well... while I went to 9, as we age and ate forced over to fixed incomes, other budget items become more pressing than new software versions... which also means we squeeze out our largest and best sources of information as they age and their computer systems and programs become dinosaurs. A interesting problem. Perhaps a suggestion to programs to support backward compatibility as well as forward is in order... a'la Microsoft Word which allows you to save in the several old formats as well as new. We can export to gedcom and paf, as well as import them, so why not old legacy formats as well as the new? Of corse you could export a gedcom to those with older file formats for them to import but why not be able to save and import from the old legacy formats as well as the new.
On Apr 21, 2017 8:44 AM, "David Picken" <dpic...@web.de> wrote: Cathy, Thanks for responding. I have no doubt that Legacy9 will be an improvement, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that everyone needs to have it. It is not free-of-charge, after all. But your question is not really fair, because if I knew the details I probably wouldn’t need to ask the general question. As I see it, the fact about the new file format is NOT in the advertising material, I only picked it up in the user group. That makes me suspicious, to put it simply. I just can’t know what else might be in there that they haven’t talked about openly. And I don’t want to get nasty surprises after using Legacy9 for a couple of days or weeks. The first questions to the Legacy folks would of course be: - Are you going to continue supporting Legacy8 for those who don’t really see the need for Legacy9 in their daily activiities? - Is there a termination date set for such support? And I do have a couple of questions specifically about the format change. Maybe you or someone else in the group can answer these: - Will Legacy9 files have a different extension so that we can identify them immediately? - If I don’t use new features such as hashtagging, will the new file stay compatible to Legacy8? - Can I export from Legacy9 in Legacy8 format (in order to be able to send files to people who haven’t changed)? Again, thanks for writing. Cheers, David Am 20170421 um 10:15 schrieb Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com>: David, What specifically do you need to know about? The database has changed to accommodate new features like Hashtags. That's why you can't use a Legacy 9 database in Legacy 8. But the format on screen for old data hasn't changed. There have been a few tweaks to old features. eg in Detailed Search, the Where to look list is now alphabetical than in some supposed logical order as it had grown so much the logic was lost. eg you can now opt to see Ancestor Colours on Index View and Name List The major differences are the new features which are advertised on the web pages. I'm not sure what more you want. I think Same-Sex marriage is missing from Geoff's video on new features. Can't think of anything else. Cathy Legacy tester David Picken wrote: Is there a list of the major differences be tween Legacy8 and Legacy9 somewhere? I mean an honest and complete list that tells me about changing data formats and things I need to be aware of, not just the advertising stuff on the home page! Thanks, David -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
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