A good point, John. Still, as often as they're changing FS, that may not be true by the time one manages to d/l and install the update. Then too, on another list, there seems to be something non-functional about FS this week in that nearly everyone (across a wide spectrum of browsers, computers, expertise, and locales) has had some problem with it.
FWIW Cheryl John B. Lisle wrote: > Denise, Helen, et al, > > One of the challenges with using 7.4,0.45 - or any version > of 7.4 - is that the version of FamilySearch that comes with > that does not support the current FamilySearch. It only > works, if it works at all, with the version of FamilySearch > that was recently made read only and will shortly be > discontinued. > > If you wish to use Family Search Tree, you need to be on the > latest version of Legacy 7.5. > > Further, since Legacy 8 was introduced, Legacy 7.5 was > likely frozen, including the FamilySearch add on. The > updates to that will likely only be available with Legacy 8. > > The best way to look at L8 and see if you might wish to move > there is to download the free version and install it. > > Then COPY COPY COPY you family file to where ever you want > to use and only open the copy with L8. If you do that you > can still keep working with L7.obsolete. > > Leon's list of new features should be enough to take a peak. > But L8 is from a quality point of view a much more reliable > tool than earlier version. It is different and some of those > differences will need to get used to. > > john. > > At 03:47 PM 12/26/2013, Denise wrote: >> I, too, have Vewsion 7.4.0.45 and am disinclined to >> upgrade. My version works just fine, and seeing all the >> emails about various 'bugs' gives me pause. >> >> >> On Thursday, December 26, 2013 9:15 AM, >> "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Many of these bugs that were supposedly fixed in version >> 7.5.0.278 I've >> never come across. There are many features in the program >> that apply to >> the USA only and if the bug is there, I'd never find them >> and they >> wouldn't bother me. And the improvements in 7.5 weren't >> improvements to >> me, I just plain didn't want them. >> >> > At this >> > point, there are just too many things that are not >> debugged or missing >> > in comparison with version 7.5. >> And too many useless-to-me bells and whistles features. >> >> Good luck with your database. >> >> Helen 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
