Is something else happing with the web merge?

Is FTM 2011 passing information on my tree back to your server?

Seems like a programer could come up with a way to finish the web merge as I continued to work on another record.

My productivity is much lower in 2011 than in previous versions of FTM.

Is it the desire of your company to send long time users of FTM to programs that are more stable?

Please improve the speed.

You don’t have to do any of those things- it just makes it easier to find, record, and manipulate whatever genealogical you acquire.

There are still people who do it the old fashion way; pen, paper, and writing lots of letters and/or taking lots of research trips.

It really all depends on why you do genealogy and what you want to get out of it.

I, obviously, am new to genealogy, but so far I truly enjoy learning about the field and have already encountered two surprises in my initial research.

I use Reunion 9.0c for the Mac (I have an iMac and a MacBook).

But, my comment/question is, I think much more basic.

My comment/question:

Why, it appears to me, do I have to use Reunion, Ancestry, Family Tree Maker, etc., to do my research? Why do I have to upload/download “files” to/from Reunion and Ancestry?

Why do I need to buy more and more software to supposedly enhance my genealogical experience?

Just askin’

Thanks

It is riddled with errors.

It is S-L-O-W.

There is no way to tell is a record merge is in progress: no hour glass, no swirl, nothing. Just when you think your “click” didn’t “take”, and you start clicking again, there’s a little screen flick and after a few additional seconds, you get the Merge OK message. This is not acceptable.

If, on the person page, you open any fact drop-down and select a source that has an online link – click “view source online” it just searches and searches and searches………. It never finds the source you have attached to your fact. Eventually – perhaps 15 minutes later (maybe longer), you get an offer to “kill” pages. That’s the best you can do?

You used to be able to have a “person note” revealed (not open for edit) and “copy” text previously entered there for pasting elsewhere. Now, 2011 lets you think you can do it, but it’s a ploy. Once you have it highlighted, the highlight turns off and you can’t copy (you just can’t be fast enough before the highlight turns off).

What have you folks done to this software?

I’ve checked already. There are no upgrades available….which means no fixes to take care of my problems (this is just a start).

2010 was slow. 2011 is dismal. I finished reading the analog Sunday newspaper while FTW 2011 merged a 6 member family tree, two death certificates and three census records.

It also does not help that you cannot tell when FTW 2011 is doing anything. The only way I can tell is when it get the “Not Responding” message or the screen goes pale.

PLEASE address these issues without telling me to buy more memory, a faster processor or the next version. I did all that two years ago. Still waiting.

Thank you for the fast field information. Shame I no longer use FTM.

Why will no one say something about the speed issue. I find I can enter information at least 5 times faster in RootsMagic and it doesn’t crash every session.