Yes, I did see that you can change the sort order, which is a good thing, because in a large database it can give you a different view of looking at your locations and even catch errors. I would be interested in having any of you share your indexes with me to see if it sorts according to what would generally be recognized as the proper way to sort an index of locations. That's my bottom line of why I chose the four "standard" positions. I want my sort to take place very systematically and accurately "out of the box" without any other tweaking. My kind of four division method works very well "out of the box" with TNG (The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding). If any of the schemes of the UK people do that, I'll definitely take a second look. BTW, I didn't mean to say the UK folks are doing it wrong. Obviously, if there aren't four divisions there, that's the way it is. I'm just trying to focus on how we compromise, if we have to, but do the job in the interest of the average user, especially the brand new user. Thanks for the input... -Jerry/ http://www.MerriamFamilyTree.org
On 11/18/2010 1:28 PM, Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: > On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:06:17 -0500, Jerry<[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I must >> be missing something if it works well for you and sorts perfectly, but >> maybe we'll have to discuss off-list because it's getting too >> controversial. > It's not getting controversial ... although this does get discussed > quite often on the LUG. And telling the UK listers that they are doing > it wrong is always a mistake. ;-) The moment you brought it up I smiled > and thought to myself ... "I hope he is wearing his flak jacket." Then I > started counting down from 10 ... waiting for Ron's inevitable reply. > > I personally don't use right to left sorting. But I know others who do > and it works for them. I use left to right sorting (without problems) > and find myself changing the sort order all the time depending on my > needs. Keep in mind the sort order is just a tool that helps you locate > a location. It is not meant to be set to one value and never touched > again. > >> Maybe some of you record everything totally different like >> California, Los Angeles instead of Los Angeles, California ?? > AFAIK, the sort order on the Location List screen ONLY affects how that > list is displayed. You still enter them in the various location fields > in left to right order. So this is not a problem at all. Maybe this is > the point you are missing. > 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
