Those independent "reviews" are mostly based on the feature set of each program, the layout of the screens, and the perceived ease-of-use. Whether the features of the programs actually work or not isn't tested to any significant degree.
I'm not at all dissatisfied with the basic design of Legacy and the data structures that support it. In fact, I like it very, very much. Any dissatisfaction has to do with the haphazard code and the apparent lack of any meaningful testing before it is released. For that matter, there doesn't appear to be any version control of official "releases", even though they are numbered. It seems that each release contains not only the code that was intended to be in it, but also some past code (which re-breaks things that had already been fixed) and some future code (which was not yet supposed to be released). Judging by the number of people on this list who have to use multiple programs (I'm not one of them, yet) because they cannot get useable reports from Legacy, I'd say that my comments were rather typical of many users. As I have mentioned before on this list, whether I switch or not will be determined by whether Version 6 has been TESTED and is working satisfactorily BEFORE it is released. Bob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rodney Hall Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 16:12 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] New Legacy Update - 23 March 2005, Version 5.0.0.217 Well, it does seem that you are terribly dissatisfied with a program that receives a lot of *independent* accolades! Such vitriolic comments! Why do you not then switch to a better one? -- Rodney HALL Heywood, Lancashire Suaviter sed fortiter Agreeably but powerfully ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmhh.co.uk/ http://rmhh.org.uk/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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
