David,
Support is still supporting people who are using Legacy 4. So yes
they'll keep supporting people who don't go from 8 to 9.
Database conversions are normal between versions and within versions.
Any new feature or a tweak to make a field larger requires a database
conversion.
There's been discussion of how a Legacy 9 file can't be opened in Legacy
8. It's difficult to communicate to everyone so that everyone hears
everything that is said. Correction: it's impossible.
Cathy
David Picken wrote:
Cathy,
Thanks for responding.
I have no doubt that Legacy9 will be an improvement, but that doesn’t
necessarily mean that everyone needs to have it. It is not
free-of-charge, after all.
But your question is not really fair, because if I knew the details I
probably wouldn’t need to ask the general question.
As I see it, the fact about the new file format is NOT in the
advertising material, I only picked it up in the user group. That
makes me suspicious, to put it simply.
I just can’t know what else might be in there that they haven’t talked
about openly.
And I don’t want to get nasty surprises after using Legacy9 for a
couple of days or weeks.
The first questions to the Legacy folks would of course be:
* Are you going to continue supporting Legacy8 for those who don’t
really see the need for Legacy9 in their daily activiities?
* Is there a termination date set for such support?
And I do have a couple of questions specifically about the format
change. Maybe you or someone else in the group can answer these:
* Will Legacy9 files have a different extension so that we can
identify them immediately?
* If I don’t use new features such as hashtagging, will the new file
stay compatible to Legacy8?
* Can I export from Legacy9 in Legacy8 format (in order to be able
to send files to people who haven’t changed)?
Again, thanks for writing.
Cheers, David
Am 20170421 um 10:15 schrieb Cathy Pinner <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>:
David,
What specifically do you need to know about?
The database has changed to accommodate new features like Hashtags.
That's why you can't use a Legacy 9 database in Legacy 8.
But the format on screen for old data hasn't changed.
There have been a few tweaks to old features.
eg in Detailed Search, the Where to look list is now alphabetical than
in some supposed logical order as it had grown so much the logic was lost.
eg you can now opt to see Ancestor Colours on Index View and Name List
The major differences are the new features which are advertised on the
web pages. I'm not sure what more you want.
I think Same-Sex marriage is missing from Geoff's video on new
features. Can't think of anything else.
Cathy
Legacy tester
David Picken wrote:
Is there a list of the major differences be tween Legacy8 and Legacy9
somewhere?
I mean an honest and complete list that tells me about changing data
formats and things I need to be aware of, not just the advertising
stuff on the home page!
Thanks, David
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