I've obviously read more than you have, then. On the first page (most recent 20 reviews) the problems include:
Irritation with Potential Problems feature Report layout issues (at least 3 different ones mentioned) Installation issues (missing DLLs) Research Guidance lost when upgrading Jumbling of complex families (multiple marriages/children) Wife's birth date attributed to husband in report I'm still only trying out the program and haven't experienced those particular issues, but as I've written elsewhere, I have experienced a corruption of some event addresses when importing a .ged file. No-one has been able to explain why, and while this is relatively easy to fix, the worry remains that somewhere along the line I'll find something else that got mangled. No-one has been able to explain the freezing issue either. One comment on Gensoft Reviews with which I do agree is about the way Legacy's website proclaims its superiority over other programs. The comparison chart lists the features of Legacy v.8, but the comparison is not against the currently available versions of other programs. For example, RootsMagic is shown with v.4: this was available from approximately December 2010 to December 2011, and RootsMagic is now at v.7. This is not a fair comparison. Arthur On 13/01/2015 18:21, Carl Cox wrote: > Arthur, I just read several of the GENSOFT reviews. As I did not read them > all, I cannot make comprehensive statements, but of those I read EVERY ONE > of the negative reviews focused on a single problem that Legacy had. The > positive reviews were nearly all 5 star, and comments indicated it was easy > to use and the best genealogy program. I suggest you go to > http://www.gensoftreviews.com/ and read some of the actual comments. On the > combined Legacy review, click on Legacy and you will find the bunch. I > concur with the positive reviews. > > Carl > > > <<I do realise that it's often the people with axes to grind who make the > most noise and post the most reviews. There's a Top Ten Reviews site > which puts Legacy on top (I think it was a single reviewer's > assessment), so I was just wondering if anyone could account for the > discrepancy between that and Gensoft Reviews, which collates lots of > peoples' reviews and ratings - and which I've always thought of as a > pretty reliable site. > > Anyway, thanks again, > > Arthur>> > > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
