I have read through most of the comments here over the last couple of days,
and I have some initial thoughts.
First, I am running XP Pro on a very fast PC with 2MB RAM, so I cannot
comment on system issues. I have had none.
I have come from Generations/Reunion and FTM to Legacy, primarily because
of reviews and attractive pricing. None of these programs is perfect.
I like the web-building feature of Legacy. Neither of the two programs I
used before had this built in. But I agree with one poster who complained
that everything is in the past tense. It's eerie reading about ones' self
in the past tense -- like reading one's own obit.
I too was expecting better charting capabilities in V6. I don't think one
should pay 20 or 30 dollars for an add-on that other programs
include. Futhermore, besides a large variety of charting options, FTM
offers a unique feature called an all-in-one chart, which can be published
as a PDF. This is a great feature, and one reason I'll keep FTM on my PC
just to import GEDOMs from Legacy and make these charts to post on the
web. My website is just starting out -- it's about a week old -- but if
you'd like to check out my PDF, it's
here: http://www.kalmans.net/Data/allinone.pdf . I'd love to see Legacy
provide similar capability.
I feature I really liked in Reunion was that sources could be indicated in
the person's data at specific points with superscripts. When the
superscript is clicked, the source appears in a pop-up. So if an
individual's notes are compiled from several sources, the sources could be
indicated separately in the text as "footnotes." Maybe I'm missing
something, but I can't figure out if this is possible in Legacy. Entering
sources though is definitely easier in Legacy.
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