Problem there being -- each customer expects or would like something different. There's more customers than programs.
I have three criteria for my webpages -- they should load fast at 4800bps, be not-ugly, be reasonably grouped. So far, every program that has done any one of 'em doesn't do the other two. Then again, two of those are fairly subjective ... Cheryl Tessa Keough wrote: > No Ron - you are missing my point (sorry if I was unclear). I think > that webpages are an important selling feature and that being said, > they should work as customers expect or would like them to. > > I think sometimes the various companies are in such a competition of > sorts to get features added or improved (and I guess the customer base > is encouraged to demand that) that sometimes the usefulness factor > decreases or there is so much going on that improvements don't get > made. Some features are treated a little like orphans once they are > put into the program. Now it is up to the customer base to let the > company know what we want and what doesn't work. But it is concerning > to hear that something that does not work right or well, does not get > fixed over a long period of time. > > "Bells and whistles" as I used it refers to plugging something as a > selling point and then not providing it or providing less than what > was promised - something that sounds good, is new and bright and > shiny, but does not live up to hype (or does not live up to it over > time - I don't expect perfection). > > Is that clearer or still a bit muddy? For the record, I think if there > is a feature in a program, it should work. If it does not work it > should be fixed or removed. I am a person who wants all the parts to > work and play nicely together. > > Tessa > > Tessa Keough > Guild of One-Name Studies, No. 5089 > Legacy Virtual Users' Group > One Place Studies - Plate Cove, Newfoundland > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Ron Ferguson > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Tessa, >> >> I confess that I am probably quite missing your point here. >> >> Are you saying that Legacy webpages are just bells and whistles? Do you >> apply that definition to reports and the publication centre? >> >> I agree that Legacy is genealogy program (although I prefer Family History), >> but what use is such a program if there is no output, just the data on a >> screen? >> >> Bells and whistles, definitely not, rather essential parts of the program. >> >> Ron Ferguson >> http://www.fergys.co.uk/ >> >> SNIP 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
