I agree Cheri, IT (used to be called MIS) but didn't like the connotation, will hear a lot. Don't be surprised to see the old family trees back for awhile LOL. Tish
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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