Syble you can just leave your previous version "locked and loaded" making a
new Legacy file (NOT a gedcom) load it to V 8 and you will have two totally
different options <>G
Eliz
Not Today and Not without a Fight
(Anon)
For all that has been, thanks.
For all that will be, yes.
(Dag Hammarskjold)
On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 10:46 PM, Syble Glasscock <[email protected]>wrote:
> I certainly don't want the program to become stagnant either, and I was
> excited to hear about v.8, but from being on the list for a number of
> years, I've observed each release with numerous problems. More to the
> point, how can I get my data into v.8 ?
> In the past, I have downloaded updates and upgrades, then opened my
> Family file knowing that I could not go back to the previous version, but I
> really have reservations about doing that this time due all the work I've
> put into these files, and I want to keep v 7.5 as is, but yet move all my
> data in v.8 to experiment with. Is there a way to do this?
> Thanks,
> Syble
>
>
> On Friday, November 29, 2013 7:23 PM, Ron Bernier <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> Sybil,
> Regardless of how much testing is done, you will never see a program
> released that is 100% error free. In fact, if any company were to hold off
> releasing a program until it was 100% error free, the program would never
> get released.
>
> That being said, the problems that have been encountered are relatively
> minor. There are a couple of people that have encountered problems that
> are specific to them (their system) and no affecting the majority.
>
> If you read the messages to the list carefully, the majority of the
> comments/complaints are from people who are not happy with some of the
> desigh changes. Unfortunately, no programmer will ever satisfy all users.
> Some people (myself for one) are very pleased and happy with the design
> changes. Others (from the comments) don't deal well with changes and
> apparently prefer to see the program remain stagnant.
>
> On Friday, November 29, 2013, Syble Glasscock wrote:
>
> Re: Ron's comments:
> " Legacy cannot satisfactorily import its own GEDCOM."
>
> I'm not one to be among the first to download and update, nor to buy an
> update due to the many problems that I've read about since I began using
> Legacy years ago starting with version 5 or 6. I'm not as computer
> literate as some, and my main concern is to have Legacy operating properly,
> I can wait on all the "bells & whistles". My horror is to loose all these
> years of work just to get a few more options.
>
> I was very disappointed when I read the about updates for version 8, some
> sound okay, but when I do buy v.8, I had every intention of keeping Version
> 7.5, until I felt comfortable with v.8, now I read that I should not import
> my Legacy 7.5 as a Gedcom to v. 8, so it's there a simple process, without
> overriding v.7.5
>
> WHY release something that seemingly has so many problems?
> Thanks,
> Syble
>
>
>
> --
> Ron Bernier
> Woonsocket, RI
>
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