Im very pleased with the hidden hot spots. I use the spots before the locations very often. After input of about 66000 people I never clicked unwanted the Private button. (Yes I have checked it). In my opinion you make problems where no problem exist.
Bert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Janetzko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 8:46 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Hidden "hot spots" > Jon, > > I agree completely. And don't forget that it is not merely the issue of the > humongous, but partially labeled, hot spots. As others have noted, there > are numerous instances of hot spots that are not indicated in any way on the > screen. Some of these merely control navigation to different screen views, > but others actually UPDATE DATA even though there is NO label indicating > that anywhere. > > A bunch of cool features in a program may be nice, but, to me, data > integrity is the most important and non-negotiable thing. I've spent > countless time updating information on 7500 individuals, and I'm nowhere > near done. It is not possible for me to periodically revisit every > individual and reverify every piece of data to make sure that an invisible > hot spot has not altered anything without my knowledge. > > I will be following these issues very carefully in whatever release > Millennia decides to address them. If it is in Version 6, I will definitely > be trying the free version before buying. I love Legacy, but if their > response indicates that they value their right to quick-and-dirty code over > my right to data integrity, then I will definitely have to start looking > elsewhere for dependability. My data is far more valuable than any program > that it is used with, and I would certainly hope that they agree with that. > > Bob > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 12:10 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Hidden "hot spots" > > > I understand the rationale of "internationalizing" Legacy; the company has > to grow its customer base and is wise to do so. However, that effort has > created an unintentional side effect, namely, the invisible hot spots by > which > one can unknowingly change an attribute. > > It is true that various Windows applications have labels as part of the hot > spot. However, I suspect those label hot spots tend to be limited to the > visible label field. The problem Legacy now has is that those label hot > spots > can be larger that the visible label. It appears the programmers have to > decided to maximize the label hot spot, visible or not, to accomodate how > various > languages spell a word such as "private." And, therein lies the problem. > > I would suggest that if it is necessary to have a standard field length for > a label that is larger that the visible, character length of the label, > then > the label should not be a hot spot. The label field and the check > box/radio > button should be separate fields with only the latter a hot spot. > > Jon Raymond > St. Paul Park, MN > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~raymond > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
