I had been asked, in the Legacy Test mailing list, whether the Families app for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, supported the Privacy model for Legacy?
I have done some fairly simple testing of how the Families app handles Legacy privacy settings. The testing was done only on an individual marked "Private" then again on the same individual marked "Invisible." To lay some groundwork for my evaluation of how the Families app handles "private" and "invisible" individuals I re-read the definitions of "Private" and "Invisible" in the Legacy Help Index. In each case the Legacy Help Index stated that marking an individual as either "Private" or "Invisible" effected only how that individual was dealt with in Reports or Web Pages. The Families app does not produce reports, or web pages, and is intended only as a portable means of carrying Legacy data on an iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad. Although the Families app can display what it terms an "Individual" screen for a person, and allows editing of the data presented on that screen, Privacy Settings are not presented, nor editable. Therefore my only concern with privacy issues in relation to the Families app was whether individuals marked as either "Private" or "Invisible" within Legacy retained that status when data was passed to the Families app, then back to Legacy. I checked that status both in the Privacy Settings for the test individual, and within Reports and Web Pages created from data that had been passed to the Families app, then back to Legacy. Before marking anyone as either "Private" or "Invisible" I first exported the test database to Families and checked that the individual chosen for testing was visible. I also checked that the test individual was marked as "Not Private" in Legacy, and that they appeared normally on Reports, and in Web Pages. Once that baseline was established I did the following tests: *INDIVIDUAL MARKED "PRIVATE"* 1. Opened a database in Legacy, selected an individual, opened their Individual Information window, clicked on Privacy Settings and selected "Private." 2. Closed the Individual Information window, opened a Family Report that would include that individual I had marked as "Private," and viewed the report. I confirmed that person was presented as "Private (details suppressed for this person)", though their parents were included, as well as their spouse and children. 3. Produced a Web Page that would include the test individual. Confirmed that the test individual appeared only as "Private" on the Web Page, and did not appear on any list of individuals. 4. Synced the test database to the Families app and confirmed that the test individual appeared in the database. 5. Synced the test database back to Legacy under a different file name from the original test database, and confirmed that the test individual was still marked as "Private." 6. Produced a Family Report, confirmed that the test individual appeared on that report as "Private (details suppressed for this person)". Also confirmed that the test individual appeared only as "Private" on the Web Page, and did not appear on any list of individuals. *INDIVIDUAL MARKED "INVISIBLE"* 1. Opened a database in Legacy, selected an individual, opened their Individual Information window, clicked on Privacy Settings and selected "Invisible." 2. Closed the Individual Information window, opened a Family Report that would include that individual I had marked as "Invisible," and viewed the report. I confirmed that person was not shown in any way, though their spouse and children were displayed. 3. Produced a Web Page that would include the test individual. Confirmed that the test individual did not appear on the Web Page. As the individual selected for the test happened to be the primary person for whom the Web Page was created, there was no pedigree chart available on this Web Page. 4. Synced the test database to the Families app and confirmed that the test individual appeared in the database. 5. Synced the test database back to Legacy under a different file name from the original test database, and confirmed that the test individual was still marked as "Invisible." 6. Produced a Family Report, confirmed that the test individual did not appear on that report. Also confirmed that the test individual did not appear on a Web Page created from the newly synced database. It is my opinion that the Families app supports the privacy model from Legacy. JohnZ Mesa, AZ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
