I would play around with it for a few hours and send them feed back. Then I'd play around with it for a few hours more. I'm guessing I did about 4 hours. Over the course of a month. Nah, more like 6 hours.
I think that IT/Engineering may get beat up at the next FTDNA conference! LOL On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 6:45 PM, luiznoia . <[email protected]> wrote: > Tish, > > I didn't say they didn't solicit input from genealogists, I said the > didn't take the input. > > The naming difficulties are not unique to Portuguese research, it's big > problem for any Latin American and Scandanavian naming forms also. > > Eric Edgar > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Tish M <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 . <[email protected]> >> 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 < >>> [email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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. 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