Hi Everyone It seems that there is a lot of talk about whether the LUG is the appropriate place to discuss new features.
Personally it doesnt both me to read about other features that users would like to see, sometimes we can combine ideas and come up with a better feature or implementation of it, and in some cases we can help each other come up with temporary solutions to our problems. However, it does seem to me that the most appropriate way to request the feature is to contact Legacy directly (I do this through Sherry) so that it is officially recorded as a request. Quite often when I do this, I am told that the feature is a) already requested; or b) is being worked on. I dont think that this LUG should be used to bash Legacy. Most of us love Legacy and have no desire to switch to something else (which is why we keep requesting that Legacy implement our features), me included. It is off-putting to new users or potential users to hear all our complaints, which in the scheme of things, are usually quite minor. It should be recognized that Millennia is a small company and cant always keep us with our requests. It is not always easy to add the features we request. They have to figure out the best implementation, code it and then go through a long testing process to make sure nothing else is going to break (a problem that seems to happen frequently with other genealogy programs, if you lurk in their forums). I have been lurking for quite a while in a competitor's forum (possibly Legacy's main competitor), as I have considered switching because I cant wait. I have to report that they seem to have more complaints about major bugs with their current functionality (such as actually losing data) and they do not receive updates/fixes anywhere near as frequently as we do. It has really put me off to the point that I realize how lucky we are in the fact that at least what we have in terms of functionality works very well and that if there are any serious bugs, at least those I have reported have been fixed next release. I am excited to see the new version 6 features (which I assume won't be available on the web site until after the Genealogy Show - as they will be busy until then), even though I already know that my two biggest feature requests (real footnotes/endnotes, witnesses) have not been included yet. According to EOGN, there are some great new features that I can already see that I would use. Thanks for listening to my 2 cents worth... Marina Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.hamersleyfamily.com "Home of Hamersley Genealogies, London Lord Mayors and Westminster Poll Book" 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
