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Larry Davies replied to Ralph Manns's discussion 'What do you expect from a new application - which features are important to you?' in the group MacGenealogist

Hi Doug, Thanks, I've been looking at MacFamilyTree. I saw that it allowed multiple names, but only the primary name displays in the list of persons. I also couldn't find a way to do the accenting (color coding) that I can do with…

Jul 25, 2009

Doug Tallman replied to Ralph Manns's discussion 'What do you expect from a new application - which features are important to you?' in the group MacGenealogist

Larry -- Just to point out ... MacFamilyTree allows for multiple names, multiple events, and flags can set based on whatever you want. The flags would have to be hand set (at least I haven't found an easy way to flag several people at once).…

Jul 24, 2009

Linda Thomas replied to Ralph Manns's discussion 'What do you expect from a new application - which features are important to you?' in the group MacGenealogist

Mark Tucker's stuff is a great starting point. With a fair amount of overlap with him here are the things that I want (in stream of consciousness order): 1. Robust import and export Gedcom is an awkward "standard" at best and…

Jul 24, 2009

Ralph Manns replied to Ralph Manns's discussion 'What do you expect from a new application - which features are important to you?' in the group MacGenealogist

Larry, I agree, the underlaying database isn't something a user should care about, but it is important for the user experience. A slow data engine isn't fun and Unicode support is a must have today. Both points are are easy to implement.…

Jul 24, 2009

Larry Davies replied to Ralph Manns's discussion 'What do you expect from a new application - which features are important to you?' in the group MacGenealogist

Hi Ralph, There are quite a few things about TMG that I don't care for. TMG is slow to update their product. It was originally a DOS program and they didn't come out with a Windows version until XP shipped, The user interface is Windows…

Jul 24, 2009

Ralph Manns replied to Ralph Manns's discussion 'What do you expect from a new application - which features are important to you?' in the group MacGenealogist

Larry, I wouldn't dismiss Tucker's or Seaver's opinions, they are both great. But I wanted to hear something from mac user, switchers oder advanced users. - Ralph

Jul 24, 2009

Larry Davies replied to Ralph Manns's discussion 'What do you expect from a new application - which features are important to you?' in the group MacGenealogist

I wouldn't dismiss Tucker's or Seaver's opinions just because they are windows users. I am a recent Mac convert and appreciate the reliability of the Mac and the look and feel of most Mac programs, but find all Mac genealogy programs…

Jul 24, 2009

What do you expect from a new application - which features are important to you?

Very soon will we (genea-it ltd.) release our source management software iFontium. Lately we started to design a new "family tree" application, which should be work great with iFontium.So, what do you expect from a new application - which features are important to you?I know Mark Tucker's great "10 Things Genealogy Software Should…See More

Ralph Manns added a discussion to the group MacGenealogist Jul 24, 2009

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Genealogical Proof Standard

The Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS) consists of 5 elements:1) reasonably exhaustive search 2) complete & accurate source citations 3) analysis & correlation of collected information 4) resolution of all conflicts 5) written conclusion.See More

Ralph Manns joined Mark Tucker's group Jul 16, 2009

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