I believe that open dialogue about potential enhancements is good,
not for voting purposes, but rather as a means of enhancing the
enhancement requests. Not too many of us can formulate a feature
perfectly on our own but we have a much better chance of doing so
together. Then again, together we can take a simple feature request
and turn it into a monster ... the risks of brainstorming.
Also, some people request features that already exist. This list will
quickly enlighten them and make the requested capability immediately available.
At 2005-10-23 10:56 AM, you wrote:
I've noticed a few trends on this newsgroup. Since I don't read all
the messages, perhaps I mis-state, but it seems to me that
1. As with any software program, people want enhancements -- and of
course, not everyone wants the same sort of enhancement.
2. Some people present their case for an enhancement by criticizing
how Legacy works, often accompanied by disparaging remarks and
assertions that the change would be simple and should be an obvious
improvment. Others try to explain what they want and why, but
without the negativity that drags down the requests made by the
those in the first description.
3. Some responses might be interpreted as saying "Legacy is great;
the people who produce it work hard and try to give us what we want;
don't criticize." -- but what they are probably really saying is
some veriosn of "Legacy is great; the people who produce it work
hard and try to give us what we want; be courteous, don't assume
what you want suits everyone and realize that yours is just one of
many requests -- and after you've said it once, let it rest. "
4. And I've noticed on occassion people (myself included) try to
campaign for an enancement by asking people to write in and say "me
too" -- but the people at Legacy ask that we not encourage clogging
the list with me-too votes.
I went to the Legacy site to see how they handled enhancement
requests and they have a form for submission of enhancement
requests,. It is under "Help Center - Make a Suggestion" (
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Suggest.asp ) That seems a
reasonable place to submit enhancement requests, leaving the list
free to discuss how better to use the current program.
BUT... I would like the ability to read the suggestions others have
made, along with an ability to comment. For example, I might
comment on one suggestion by saying "I want this too" or another
suggestion by saying "If you implement this, it will cause me
problems because I use this feature in such and such a way".
So I guess I'm suggesting an enhancement to the suggestion page, but
on the whole, this seems the appropriate place to submit
enhancements requests.
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