Comments on: FamilyTreeMaker.com Gets a New Look

By: Robert C Lenhart

Robert C Lenhart — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:11:56 +0000

I have been using FTM for many years and have use for versions. The 2010 is great to excellant in many ways but it does have some issues. The linking of sources when upgrading to the 2010 version appears to added many additional sources/links that to me should not have been linked. ie a source from a tombstone of a person in my tree but is not directly related and there are other sources/links problems. Thes problems are very easy to correct in the 2010 but it is time consuming in verifying that there is not a correct link.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:24:18 +0000

Hello,I have The Family Tree Maker 2009, can I buy an upgrade. Is it possible to purchase in Australian Dollars from within Australia.

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:01:00 +0000

Why is it the blog has its facebook link (next to the Tweet link) ON TOP of the writing? It wont move. So difficult to read!

By: Jade

Jade — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:38:21 +0000

#1 Tony and #3 Tony, you can look at Tamura Jones’ review of the pattern of not fixing bugs in FTM here:

http://www.tamurajones.net/FamilyTreeMaker2011TortureTestResults.xhtml

There are links to other related articles by the same blogger at the bottom of the page.

Realize that some things the user might experience as “bugs” were deliberately done by the developers, such as when they messed with the report-generating code. These, er, features do not appear on Ancestry.com’s lists of bugs.

By: Chery Piasta

Chery Piasta — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 11:17:13 +0000

Being new to ancestry.com, I don’t understand the need for FTM. How is it different than what I’m being supplied with? Also, after reading the comments about Mac problems, I wouldn’t get it unless someone convinced me otherwise.

By: Andy Hatchett

Andy Hatchett — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:58:55 +0000

Here is how to get a lsit of known bugss:
1) Get a list of New Feaatures for FTM 2008
2) Add a list of new Features and Bug fixes for FTM2009.
3) Cross bug fixes for 2008 off the list but leave everything else
4) Add a list of New features and bug fixes for FTM 2010.
5) Cross off Bug Fixes for 2009 but leave everything else
6) Add a list of new features for FTM 2011
7) Cross off bug fixes for 2010 but leave everything else.

The items still remaining on the list will be a list of the known issues.

By: Tony Cousins

Tony Cousins — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:19:27 +0000

Like Tony at #1 I would also like to see a list of known bugs.

Also what the priority is for fixing them and when new releases will be available (not 2012 or 2013 etc.) real bug fix releases.

Most of us have already paid 3 or 4 times since 2008 hoping to get a good working version of FTM.

TonyC

By: Jeff Hodge

Jeff Hodge — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 02:06:29 +0000

The new website IS an improvement. For one thing, it’s much easier to find the tutorials and the webinars under the Learning Center tab.

By: Tony Knight

Tony Knight — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:46:16 +0000

Tana

How about a page listing the known FTM bugs and what is being done about them?

I would love to have the memory problem in the Mac version fixed so I could go back to using the program.