Comments on: Community Involvement http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2007/10/25/community-involvement/ The official blog of Ancestry.com Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:45:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Tony Hansen http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2007/10/25/community-involvement/#comment-10598 Tony Hansen Tue, 13 May 2008 20:52:32 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2007/10/25/community-involvement/#comment-10598 Are details on the plugin interface available to mere mortals? If someone wanted to write their own plugin, or someone wanted to create an open source plugin, where would they get the needed documentation to use the plugin interface? Is there an implemenation guide or software development kit guide available? Are details on the plugin interface available to mere mortals? If someone wanted to write their own plugin, or someone wanted to create an open source plugin, where would they get the needed documentation to use the plugin interface? Is there an implemenation guide or software development kit guide available?

]]> By: William Mango http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2007/10/25/community-involvement/#comment-1403 William Mango Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:11:08 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2007/10/25/community-involvement/#comment-1403 Get rid of the "Web Dashboard." All it does is lessen available screen area. Get rid of the “Web Dashboard.” All it does is lessen available screen area.

]]> By: alcides manesco http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2007/10/25/community-involvement/#comment-586 alcides manesco Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:32:23 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2007/10/25/community-involvement/#comment-586 ]]> By: Thomas P. Barber http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2007/10/25/community-involvement/#comment-552 Thomas P. Barber Thu, 08 Nov 2007 02:58:25 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2007/10/25/community-involvement/#comment-552 I have seen a few postings that take issue with the new FTM 2008. I would have to agree that this product is not up to the high standards that FTM has developed over the years. I have been a FTM user since the early DOS based version. I would bet that I have used every version thru the years and this is the first time that after I have installed a new version I am seriously thinking about going back to the previous version ! Secondly, since Ancestry.com and Genealogy.com are both owned by the same company it is time that you combine both data bases and hopefully you will use more search engines that preform like the Genealogy.com ones. I get so tried of on Ancestry.com even after I have entered data (name, birth year, location, death year and location,) finding the correct person listed 100 or 200 results deep in the list. I run subscriptions to both. I have seen a few postings that take issue with the new FTM 2008. I would have to agree that this product is not up to the high standards that FTM has developed over the years. I have been a FTM user since the early DOS based version. I would bet that I have used every version thru the years and this is the first time that after I have installed a new version I am seriously thinking about going back to the previous version !

Secondly, since Ancestry.com and Genealogy.com are both owned by the same company it is time that you combine both data bases and hopefully you will use more search engines that preform like the Genealogy.com ones. I get so tried of on Ancestry.com even after I have entered data (name, birth year, location, death year and location,) finding the correct person listed 100 or 200 results deep in the list. I run subscriptions to both.

]]> By: Jean-Yves http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2007/10/25/community-involvement/#comment-502 Jean-Yves Sun, 04 Nov 2007 09:25:26 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2007/10/25/community-involvement/#comment-502 A very long comment about "Critical Data Losses Associated with Family Tree Maker 2008" on my blog : http://geneasofts.geneanet.org/en/?p=207#comment-24 A very long comment about “Critical Data Losses Associated with Family Tree Maker 2008″ on my blog :
http://geneasofts.geneanet.org/en/?p=207#comment-24

]]> By: Mary Beth Marchant http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2007/10/25/community-involvement/#comment-496 Mary Beth Marchant Sat, 03 Nov 2007 21:10:20 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2007/10/25/community-involvement/#comment-496 After reading all these comments about FTM 2008, I will definitely not be buying or using it. I have a number of books saved in Version 16 and cannot afford to lose them. I hope FTM will discontinue this one and revert to a version without problems. After reading all these comments about FTM 2008, I will definitely not be buying or using it. I have a number of books saved in Version 16 and cannot afford to lose them. I hope FTM will discontinue this one and revert to a version without problems.

]]> By: Terry http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2007/10/25/community-involvement/#comment-484 Terry Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:19:17 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2007/10/25/community-involvement/#comment-484 Thank you to Fran (posting #22) for noting that she cannot use FTM 2008 with her dial up internet connection using accelerator. I have spent two weeks trying to register my program and made numeral calls to technical support. I was never asked about my internet connection. I live in a rural area where high speed internet service is unavailable. I disabled my accelerator and was able to register FTM 2008. Now if you will just resolve the instability issue maybe I will be able to use the program. Thank you to Fran (posting #22) for noting that she cannot use FTM 2008 with her dial up internet connection using accelerator. I have spent two weeks trying to register my program and made numeral calls to technical support. I was never asked about my internet connection. I live in a rural area where high speed internet service is unavailable. I disabled my accelerator and was able to register FTM 2008. Now if you will just resolve the instability issue maybe I will be able to use the program.

]]> By: Fran http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2007/10/25/community-involvement/#comment-382 Fran Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:55:21 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2007/10/25/community-involvement/#comment-382 I reviewed your survey looking for potential beta testers and noted that you did not ask about type of Internet connection. I had a number of problems with FTM 08, but my major one was the speed of connecting to the Internet. I use dial-up with an accelerator. In order to use 08 I have to deactivate my accelerator. Anyway the amount of time it takes to search and then to merge is horrible. It took about 3 or 4 minutes to merge census information into 08. Generally it worked, but on occasion it would lock and I would have to restart the program to use 08. Since this was intolerable, I returned 08 and purchase FTM ver 16. While I am not breaking speed records, the merge occurs in a reasonable amount of time. I am able to use the accelerator, but even without it, the speed is reasonable. I suspect that I am not the only one that still uses dial-up. You need to make the program merge at a speed that is about the speed of ver 16. Since you did not ask your potential testers the speed of their dial up connection, I am concerned that you are not considering the needs of those who do not have a higher speed connection in your revision of the program. If you have decided to not take care of this problem, then you need to specifically state that higher speed connections are strongly recommended. I reviewed your survey looking for potential beta testers and noted that you did not ask about type of Internet connection. I had a number of problems with FTM 08, but my major one was the speed of connecting to the Internet. I use dial-up with an accelerator. In order to use 08 I have to deactivate my accelerator. Anyway the amount of time it takes to search and then to merge is horrible. It took about 3 or 4 minutes to merge census information into 08. Generally it worked, but on occasion it would lock and I would have to restart the program to use 08. Since this was intolerable, I returned 08 and purchase FTM ver 16. While I am not breaking speed records, the merge occurs in a reasonable amount of time. I am able to use the accelerator, but even without it, the speed is reasonable.

I suspect that I am not the only one that still uses dial-up. You need to make the program merge at a speed that is about the speed of ver 16.

Since you did not ask your potential testers the speed of their dial up connection, I am concerned that you are not considering the needs of those who do not have a higher speed connection in your revision of the program. If you have decided to not take care of this problem, then you need to specifically state that higher speed connections are strongly recommended.

]]> By: Mark Tucker http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2007/10/25/community-involvement/#comment-357 Mark Tucker Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:58:18 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2007/10/25/community-involvement/#comment-357 I would like more information on how to write plugins for FTM 2008. I have extensive experience with Microsoft's Composite UI Application Block on which FTM is based. Is plugin development only available for 3rd party companies or will it be open to a plugin community. Thanks, Mark I would like more information on how to write plugins for FTM 2008. I have extensive experience with Microsoft’s Composite UI Application Block on which FTM is based. Is plugin development only available for 3rd party companies or will it be open to a plugin community.

Thanks,

Mark

]]> By: Larry Hirstein http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2007/10/25/community-involvement/#comment-344 Larry Hirstein Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:36:18 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2007/10/25/community-involvement/#comment-344 I just ordered the 2008 Guide by phone this morning and all they would give me was 20% discount. My order was #21212290. Hope this can be corrected. I also did not receive the survey. Hope you can get the update for reports out soon. Also I noticed that you can not export the entire file out to an older version as you can in Ver. 16. This is very important to members of my family and friends that depend on me to keep them up to date with my tree information and they only have the older version (7 or 8). This also needs to be fixed. I just ordered the 2008 Guide by phone this morning and all they would give me was 20% discount. My order was #21212290. Hope this can be corrected. I also did not receive the survey.
Hope you can get the update for reports out soon.
Also I noticed that you can not export the entire file out to an older version as you can in Ver. 16.
This is very important to members of my family and friends that depend on me to keep them up to date with my tree information and they only have the older version (7 or 8). This also needs to be fixed.

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