Angelique, I'm glad you found this list. Let me respond to a few of your concerns regarding Legacy. [I have not tried the latest version of FTM so can't respond specifically to those issues other than to say I'm not about to pay $40 to buy a program I've tried in the past (when they gave it to me for free) and found seriously lacking].
*I've never noticed that Legacy requires a "lot of clicking." Are you using the icon buttons at the bottom of each entry for husband and wife in family view? And both the Event and Source Clipboards? Even if there are a couple of extra clicks here and there, the power and versatility of Legacy is far more important to me. *The source templates are based upon the book Evidence Explained (EE). If you have that book, you can easily determine which templates in that book are available in Legacy by clicking on Add a Master Source Using SourceWriter, then click on Search and scrolling to the bottom of the list where you will find a list of templates by EE page and section number (be sure that "Show Evidence Explained page and section numbers" is ticked after clicking on the Search button). I also find it helpful to bookmark some of the more commonly used templates. If you are not familiar with Evidence Explained, you may be better off using the Basic System. (Being the first program to have EE-based source templates is, however, one of the major reasons I stick with Legacy). *I'm not sure why "/i" (Italics) is what I call "hard coded" in Legacy gedcom exports; I have reported it as a bug. You can "fix" it by opening the gedcom in a text editor and doing a search and replace all in the gedcom file before importing it into another program. *I love the Pedigree tab in Legacy and use it frequently, especially for navigating to other couples in my lineage with just a couple of clicks; I'd be most displeased if it were eliminated. It is easy enough to ignore if someone doesn't like it. The Index tab sounds similar to what you indicate is missing, and one can navigate between the views with only one click. (I've tried programs that have an option to have more than one of these views available on screen at the same time and find it "too busy" for me visually). *I would think that using a combination of the Source Report functions and the "Show List of Assigned Sources" button (where you can see the source names and details for all events for a person, as well as highlight each one individually to see how they will print) should meet most of your needs regarding viewing sources, although how you choose to set up and enter your sources may be part of the issue. Are you, for example, a "source lumper" or a "source splitter"? If you could give us a little more information on what you want to be able to do, perhaps we could give better targeted advice. As others have said, no one program is perfect, and each individual will have to make the decision as to which program s/he prefers. While some people use multiple programs, I have found that to be too labor intensive for most purposes (other than sometimes using another program to print certain reports). If you basically like Legacy, which it sounds as though you do, you might want to invest in the training videos. They are excellent, and after many years of using Legacy, I'm still finding some not always readily apparent features that I don't know how I ever lived without. Connie Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
