Ara, This issue is important to some of us, myself included as I use a laptop with a touchpad. I am drafting a reply to this as we speak.
If this issue bothers you or is of no concern just note the subject and delete them without reading them! Larry Lee [email protected] On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Ara Call <[email protected]> wrote: > How many times do we have to hear the same complaints from you??? > > > > *From:* C.G. Ouimet <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, December 19, 2013 3:45 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Clicking - Single & Double > > > Well, I do not like the single click thing … > > > > When in Family View if I want to highlight an individual to then switch to > the Pedigree View based on that individual, I now end up opening and having > to close that individual’s edit window before switching to the intended > Pedigree View … > > > > Perhaps I’m old school but, new school isn’t always better school … > > > > Also, right clicking isn’t consistent … Sometimes you get the pop-up menu, > sometimes the edit window … > > > > My $0.02 … > > > > > > C.G. Ouimet > > Kingston ON > > > > *From:* John B. Lisle [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] > *Sent:* December 19, 2013 04:44 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy v8 - Highlighted colour > > > > Marion, > > Let me comment on 2 side items you mention ... > > 1/ Every new build of Legacy right now is fixing many issues. You may see > a focus in the announcements on a particular issue, but right now, a lots > of little tweaks are coming in as a response to issues raised on this list > and elsewhere. Maybe hold back a day to make sure there are no humongous > problems, but best to move forward. We have seen people reporting on issues > this week on the initial L8 build as they never updated. > > --> When you report an issue with Legacy on this list, please try to > announce what version of Legacy yo are reporting again, what build, what > Windows OS you are using. It turns out that some of the folks with problems > updating the GeoDB had the problem because they were using a Windows 7 32 > bit OS. And that made a difference. > > 2/ I was one of the loudest grumblers on the Test team when the > programmers had to take out double click navigation. By now, my fingers > have learned single click and actually now prefer it. Double-click > navigation has always been somewhat un-reliable in Legacy but with the new > L8 Family View it was completely unusable. Sigh... So, no, I do not think > it can, or should, come back. > > john. > > At 07:00 AM 12/19/2013, 2marion wimps wrote: > > Sherry, > I have gone to the Brown Gradient Colours now to see if it makes a > difference (I had my own colours in place as I had set them up for 7.5) but > in grid view the blue highlight on the first child is still red and does > not change to white. > > There is no highlight by using and of the columns view or the best fit > view but I like the information on the grid view. Also you cannot scroll > with the mouse on this view unless you go to the Mother, then the Father, > then back to the Mother - and then the mouse scroll works (I realise I can > use the scroll bar on the right hand side but the mouse is an automation > reaction!) > > If I go to the two, three or best fit view and right click on a child the > highlight colour is bright blue and the writing underneath is still red. I > set the colours for text males as blue and females as red with Unknown as > black - I assume this would not have anything to do with it > > At the moment I am on .364 - the later build looked as though it was > mainly concerning the geo basis but I can try that build if you think it > will make any difference. > > Also the highlight is still there on the Potential Problems screen as well. > > (As an aside I also miss the two click - it is probably force of habit but > everything on my computer has my brain trained to double click to open) to > my mind it is a time saving issue more than anything else (albeit will be > argued by some that the time taken to do two clicks to edit someone from > the child list is minimal it is obvious that others are also finding it > frustrating. Do you think that it could ever be brought back? > > Regards, > > Marion > > > > > > 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). > 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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