Bob, Try using Alt + Tab instead of clicking on Legacy. This will allow you to switch between any and all open application windows.
Glen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Janetzko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 4:59 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] priorities - was: Names > Rob, > > You are right about the tool tip on the Private field -- I checked > all the fields last night before replying and didn't get one anywhere, > but now I do get one on the Private field. However, as I mentioned, > this only happens when Legacy is the active window, and in that case > there would be no reason to click on blank screen background. > > Most of my data entry is done on the Individual Information screen. > Sometimes I am working from written notes taken at the library or > family history center, but usually I'm doing online research. That > results in many open windows covering most of Legacy (which I use > full screen). When I want to copy data from an active browser > to Legacy, the easiest way for me to make Legacy the active window > is to click on "nothing" in the screen background. No tool tip > appears in this case, but data in an "invisible" field to the left > is changed with no warning. This is not at all obvious at the time > it happens. > > Sorry we disagree, Rob, but I don't think the fact that it doesn't > ALWAYS corrupt data for EVERY user justifies the poor design > decisions that were made when those fields were coded. > > Bob > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rob > Weiss > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 04:29 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] priorities - was: Names > > > Hmmm - the Private checkbox brings up a tool tip anywhere in he hot > spot area. I thought the Never Married checkbox had one too last time > I looked, but doesn't seem to now. Sherry - perhaps a tool tip could > be added? > > I know you feel strongly about it Bob, as you're entitle to, but it's > just not that big an issue for me. The hot spots on the main family > view are really useful, and they are tagged by tool tips. As we > discussed previously, it would be preferable if they could be > indicated some other way as well. > > Rob > > > On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 23:20:22 -0600, Bob Janetzko > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rob, > > > > I appears that you are referring to the hot spots on the Family View > > screen, where they are identified by tool tips. These are not the > > dangerous ones, since they don't update any data. I think they are > > a very poor design decision, especially for the two main people, > > since there are icons to do other navigation functions, making the > > screen rather inconsistent. Nevertheless, they are harmless, since > > changes to the screen tend to be very obvious to the user. > > > > The dangerous hot spots are on the Individual Information screen, > > where the major data entry is done. There are no tool tips for these > > hot spots, and even if there were, they would not show up when Legacy > > is not the active window (which is the main reason for clicking on it). > > Those hot spots are actually HUNDREDS of times bigger than the visible > > dot or square which is pretending to be the active input area. > > > > Clicking INCHES AWAY from some of these dots and squares results in > > data being changed in fields which are not even visible on screen > > at the time of the click. That truly is dangerous. I only found > > out about hot spots after discovering over a hundred people in my > > file had been marked as Private, when I had not intentionally flagged > > any of them. That was easy to fix, but I don't want to do it every > > few days to make sure it hasn't happened again. And there is no > > telling how many people may have had sex changed, the never married > > status changed, or been switched between living and dead, since I've > > got individuals with all of those statuses. There's no way I can > > look at thousands of records all the time to make sure they haven't > > been accidentally changed. That is, if I would even know it. > > Over 99.99% of the individuals in my database are total strangers > > to me and their information is not stored in my memory. If I were > > capable of remembering all of this information, I wouldn't need > > a genealogy database, would I? > > > > I like Legacy very much, but I don't trust it at all. > > > > Bob > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rob > > Weiss > > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 18:58 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] priorities - was: Names > > > > Re the hotspots, they are identified when yuo move the mouse over that > > particular area. For me, once I'm aware they exist, that is enough. > > > > Rob > > > > On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 18:46:53 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Bob, > > > The hidden hot spots...I'd forgotten about that issue. Can someone at > > > Legacy tell us what is being done to address that problem? > > > > > > Jon Raymond > > > St. Paul Park, MN > > > > 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 > 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
