The major question is - did you buy this as a genealogy program, or as a web site development program?
I believe the programmers are going to serve their bread and butter first (genealogy) and anything else ( webpage development) second,. I also happen to be one of those who have worked for both software and website developers. Their needs and processes were much different from each other. I bought Legacy first to handle my genealogy needs - and anything else is frosting. Cheers! Jackie On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Ward Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Kathy and Cheryl, > > I don't agree. In any good software development organization, there is a > process for requirements engineering. The programmers do not necessarily > have to be subject matter experts, but others in the organization take in > all the inputs from marketing, sales, support, testing, and users and > create > specifications for new features, minor enhancements, and even non-trivial > defect repairs. The programmers can help refine the specs, based on what is > feasible, but they don't own the product requirements. > > And what are the requirements? I think that the LUG community mostly agrees > that Millennia should not devote too much effort to things like word > processing features and fancy web page design. But there is a difference > between a 'plain vanilla' web site and one that is difficult to read. > > I realize that Millennia is a small shop and some of the above roles are > combined. But something like unbalanced font sizes can be fixed if the > people responsible for user requirements make it a priority. It doesn't > matter if the programmer who first implemented it failed to appreciate that > it looked bad, especially if the cause was a defect (e.g., incorrectly > nested html tables). > > Ward > > -----Original Message----- > From: singhals > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 10:29 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Webpages > > Yes, lordy! > > In addition to all Kathy's excellent points, some people > don't like double-dutch-rockyroad-raspberry-swirl. Plain > vanilla websites may not win design awards or many "likes" > but they DO transmit information. > > Cheryl > > Kathy Thompson wrote: > > or perhaps the programmers are programmers and not web > > designers. > > > > The two professions are totally different really - asking a > > programmer to build a website would be like asking the > > toaster to make the bread. > > But yes, there are people out there who have the brain > > skills to train and successfully do both, but perhaps we > > don't have them on our Legacy team. > > > > From a personal point of view of the situation, and knowing > > how much work goes into building just a basic site, and also > > knowing how many different browsers there are and how often > > they change and update, and how many different screen sizes > > and operating systems and ..... I could go on but I won't, I > > feel that although the website they have created is basic, > > it suits the purpose of providing an HMTL format for webpage > > display of a family tree. > > They have provided us with the ability to have a surname > > index that links directly to each possible person, they've > > provided us with different pages for each generation, > > they've even provided us with the ability to customise > > background colour and different images for different > > reasons, they've even provided us with the choice of > > Ancestor or Generation, if we want living people included or > > suppressed. > > > > If I personally sat down and created these pages from > > scratch, and I know how to create webpages and websites, I'd > > be easily looking at working at it non-stop for close to 4 > > weeks, to write the code, to de-bug the code, to make sure > > it worked with different sizes and configurations of family > > trees, and to ensure it worked across multiple browsers, > > operating systems and monitor sizes. > > And that's without then writing it all into the program so > > it can do it all for us in less than a minute. > > > > Now, if I have offended or upset anyone my my response here, > > I am sorry, but having done University studies in both > > programming and web design, and realising the Web Design was > > hard enough and that programming wasn't for me, I do feel > > that I have half an idea of what the Legacy team are going > > through, and nagging really doesn't help. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 18 September 2013 18:20, Mary Young <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > IMHO, this problem of inappropriate *relative* font > > sizes, is not helped by increasing Zoom of the entire > > web page. By the time the text in "Family Links" is > > readable, the headers go from "large" to "ridiculously > > large" etc. .. > > My Legacy website was created in April 2006 and I've > > found the unbalanced appearance of the font sizes > > annoying from day one - as have others posting to the > > Group. The problem could best be addressed by the > > programmers. It would seem fairly simple to alter the > > coding for a simple change to fixed, more balanced font > > sizes (offering user-defined sizes would I assume be > > more complicated). > > Requests for a fix have been made over the years, but it > > seems the programmers are not sufficiently interested in > > presenting the program's best face via our Legacy websites. > > Mary Young > > > > > 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 > > > 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). 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