Comments on: Happy Anniversary: Ancestry World Archives Project marks its one year anniversary http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2009/06/29/happy-anniversary-ancestry-world-archives-project-marks-its-one-year-anniversary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=happy-anniversary-ancestry-world-archives-project-marks-its-one-year-anniversary The official blog of Ancestry.com Thu, 23 May 2013 03:10:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Tatiana http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2009/06/29/happy-anniversary-ancestry-world-archives-project-marks-its-one-year-anniversary/#comment-39062 Tatiana Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:48:29 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=1418#comment-39062 Please,help me find a brother of my grandfother,which emigr.from Russia to USA before 1917.Thanks.Tatiana. Please,help me find a brother of my grandfother,which emigr.from Russia to USA before 1917.Thanks.Tatiana.

]]> By: Russell http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2009/06/29/happy-anniversary-ancestry-world-archives-project-marks-its-one-year-anniversary/#comment-38854 Russell Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:24:51 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=1418#comment-38854 Strange for a community project to repeatedly put up barriers to entry. One year in and the project is still using substandard proprietary software preventing the fastest growing (and most passionate) segments of the internet population from participating. FamilySearch.org has done an infinitely better job with their indexing project. They chose technical solutions that allow them to support any operating system with minimal effort. Ancestry's management would be wise to emulate them. The path they've taken will require a complete rewrite from the ground up for every platform they attempt to support. Strange for a community project to repeatedly put up barriers to entry. One year in and the project is still using substandard proprietary software preventing the fastest growing (and most passionate) segments of the internet population from participating.

FamilySearch.org has done an infinitely better job with their indexing project. They chose technical solutions that allow them to support any operating system with minimal effort. Ancestry’s management would be wise to emulate them. The path they’ve taken will require a complete rewrite from the ground up for every platform they attempt to support.

]]> By: Chuck Nostrome http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2009/06/29/happy-anniversary-ancestry-world-archives-project-marks-its-one-year-anniversary/#comment-38848 Chuck Nostrome Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:03:50 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=1418#comment-38848 I have been using the World Archive Site since it was launched. I have yet been able to locate a single document or information from southern Italy. Please help. I realize the world is a large place do digitize. However, there are 26 million Italians in the US. A lot of us are interested in our past. I hope you will consider that as you take on new projects I have been using the World Archive Site since it was launched. I have yet been able to locate a single document or information from southern Italy. Please help. I realize the world is a large place do digitize. However, there are 26 million Italians in the US. A lot of us are interested in our past. I hope you will consider that as you take on new projects

]]> By: Alex Fisherr http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2009/06/29/happy-anniversary-ancestry-world-archives-project-marks-its-one-year-anniversary/#comment-38826 Alex Fisherr Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:42:19 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=1418#comment-38826 First, I would like to congratulate the members and staff of this group who worked hard for the success of Ancestry World Archives. Then the same question as Valerie asked: when this would be available for MACs because making it only for one operating system limits the usability as well as portability, a major concern for people like me who are attached with <a href="http://www.needscripts.com/web-hosting.html" rel="nofollow">web hosting</a> as we prefer using tools that are very much operating system independent, i.e, perform equally well on all those. So I hope that you guys will be working on this aspect too and will let us have the good news in this regards very soon. First, I would like to congratulate the members and staff of this group who worked hard for the success of Ancestry World Archives. Then the same question as Valerie asked: when this would be available for MACs because making it only for one operating system limits the usability as well as portability, a major concern for people like me who are attached with web hosting as we prefer using tools that are very much operating system independent, i.e, perform equally well on all those. So I hope that you guys will be working on this aspect too and will let us have the good news in this regards very soon.

]]> By: Valerie http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2009/06/29/happy-anniversary-ancestry-world-archives-project-marks-its-one-year-anniversary/#comment-38813 Valerie Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:56:11 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=1418#comment-38813 I've asked this question a number of times and have yet to receive an answer: when will this software be available for Macs and other systems? I would think that after a year you'd be ready to expand. I’ve asked this question a number of times and have yet to receive an answer: when will this software be available for Macs and other systems? I would think that after a year you’d be ready to expand.

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