Eric, I don't think your statement is completely true. I have been in contact with ftDNA today. Cheri has already stated that she did 4 months of Beta testing. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink. In this case, you can tell the designers what you don't like about their program, but you can't make them change it. Here is what they said:
"Our beta test was completed by people with both computer and genealogy experience, then we released the Family Tree to about 10% of our most regular users for further testing. Sometimes all of the best planning and testing still does not catch all of the problems, unfortunately. We are getting much of the same feedback regarding names and sizing of the tree and I will add your comments to the mix. Thank you!" I then thanked them for the quick response and concerns. This was their reply: Tish -- Anytime! I love getting honest feedback from our customers, especially when it backs up what we've been telling the designers. Thank you for *your* time! Tish On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 2:17 PM, luiznoia . <noblankt...@gmail.com> wrote: > FTDNA seemed to have overreached with this Family Tree function. > > It's clear they took no input from any genealogist nor thought beyond > the most simplistic model of how this would actually work. > > > Eric Edgar > > > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 1:57 PM, 'Denise' via Azores Genealogy < > azores@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> Thank you Eric for your comment. I have my names entered a certain way - >> So let’s say I have José de Paiva (the de is showing up in the middle name >> field for some reason) and you have the same person as Jose Paiva - then we >> will not link because of the difference in his name? That is what I am >> trying to figure out. So for me I have no need to change the names in the >> edit field because I have no idea how someone else would record the name. >> >> Rick and I have a known connection that we documented years ago but he is >> not showing up in my list of relatives. I’m just wondering if this could >> be why. >> >> Denise D’Antona >> >> >> On Sep 10, 2014, at 4:40 PM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Rick P, can you help Denise? I won't be able to until next week. >> Cheri >> >> -- >> For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail >> (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the >> right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my >> membership." >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> >> >> -- >> For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail >> (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the >> right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my >> membership." >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- sfig Researching Island: Santa Maria Freguesia: Santa Barbara -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
