I do direct line research. Along the way one would always come across collateral lines. I enter the info, give it a level of interest. No ancestors or descendants at this time. Then at a particular time I can go back to search on the number if I wish. My level of interest is almost like Roberts below.
Tim On 7/24/2011 3:23 AM, Robert E. Carneal wrote: > I see your point. I use the numbers to quickly tell me my interest in > the individual I am examining. But since the numbers range from zero > to three, I think the original intention of the ancestor number was > someting like this: > 0: No interest > 1: Low interest > 2: Medium interest > 3: High interest > > I use those numbers to help me in the search section to compile a list > of people for which I have an particular interest in researching at a > historical society I can print the list before going there. At first, > I thought numbers should range from zero to twenty, or zero to ten, to > more accurately indicate my interest, since using this I like it. So > basically, I personally use it to indicate my current research > interest level of that person. > > Thank you. > > Robert > > > > > On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 11:46 PM, hwedhlor<[email protected]> wrote: >> I would suggest that if the buttons are to indicate the >> user's level of interest it would be better if the most >> interest were indicated by the number 1, and lesser interest >> by higher numbers. My reasoning is that the number display >> shows only a single number, so unless they scroll through >> the entire list of numbers, the user doesn't know if there >> are 3, 10, or 98 numbers available to scale interest level. >> If the highest level of interest is "1", then everything >> else is less. If the highest level of interest is something >> higher the viewer has nothing to compare the displayed >> number with, and as the highest level of interest is always >> the most important level, the number 1 is the logical choice >> for that award in a system that does not display all levels >> available, along with a legend explaining the meaning of the >> applied numeric values. >> >> 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
