"... not addressing the known reports issues. As others have so eloquently noted, the best data is worthless without proper, bug-free reports."
To anyone who has been paying much attention to the issues that are brought up on this list from time to time, it should be obvious that Millennia considers Legacy to be a one-sided system -- all input and no output. The report issues are so numerous that it is hard to keep track of them all, and very few are ever addressed. Legacy has so many excellent report types, each with countless options. But absolutely none of them can be counted on to always work they way they should. The fact that so many errors are present when the software is released does not bode well, and the fact that so many are ignored even after being reported is an even worse sign. The scariest part is that things that do get fixed in one release are again broken in the next release. Every release turns into a game of try-to-find-out-what-we- broke-this-time. There isn't even an attempt at outputting charts, instead pointing us to other sold-separately programs. I have not purchased any of them, but from what I've seen as samples on each of their web pages, none of them seem to be of very good quality or flexibility and they are all very much overpriced. And I won't even consider Legacy to be an acceptable input system until they do something about the random drive-by data entry that can happen due to all of the hidden hot spots on the blank areas of the screens. Considering how much we all seem to like Legacy, just imagine if it actually worked! Bob 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
