Totally agree. We don't need the recent improves Legacy is genealogy software. Genealogy software is designed to collect your data and present it in an easy to view way that points out potential errors or possibility. If you are computer proficient you could make it yourself with any off the shelf decent relational database, including Microsoft Access—which is precisely what Legacy is. I own all the latest versions but still use version 7.5 which provides all my needs without the needless bells and whistles. Forums, Facebook, newslists are just different means of sharing information. It is best not to duplicate them unnecessarily because it just dilutes the info. I personally would not use FB especially for genealogy data with its potential for id fraud. My 2 cents.
On January 11, 2019 2:42:26 AM Jennie Matheson <[email protected]> wrote: > I am quite happy with the mailing list (with the exception of all the > whinging) and would not use a forum. > > If I was as dissatisfied with Legacy as the whingers seem to be I would have > forsaken the program and gone elsewhere long ago. The program meets my needs > and admittedly I do not use all the bells and whistles that have been added > to more recent versions. > > IMHO it is possibly the bells and whistles that cause many of the problems - > the more features you add the more things that can go wrong, thus more > problems. Firm believer in the motto "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"!!! (as > in if it works fine which according to the whingers it did before the bells > and whistles started getting added then leave it alone. > > Jennie > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 3:22 PM marion wimsett <[email protected]> wrote: > What a truly sensible post! > > > On Fri, 11 Jan 2019 at 11:28, Joan Powell via LegacyUserGroup > <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes! > > -- Joan Powell > > From:Peter Matthews > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2019 8:01 PM > To:Legacy User Group > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] We need a Forum !! > > > I'm not sure we actually <need> a forum at all. > > Both mailing lists like this and forums have their advantages and > disadvantages. OK, so our mailing list can't show images, but it has > nevertheless been working very successfully, and simply, for many years, as > have many other "Mailman" mailing lists in use today. > > As someone who has administered several forums a few years ago, and Mailman > mailing lists today, I know that forums are a lot trickier and more work to > administer. What would be in it for Millennia? Only more work setting it up, > administering it, and coping with the many extra complaints which would > surely arise. Yes, a forum or forums would provide extra capabilities, but > would it be worth it? I can feel a saying coming on, but I'll resist. > > Unless this mailing list actually becomes not fit for purpose, I feel we > should stick with it, just get on with it, and thank Legacy/Millennia for > hosting it. It has certainly helped solve a lot of our Legacy problems and > queries. > > Peter > > At 22:41 09-01-19 +0000, Chris Hill wrote: > >> What Legacy and Millennia should be building is a single forum styled system >> - HTML web based system to replace the current systems of a 1990s style >> email mail list and a group within Facebook which cannot easily deal with >> linked posts. >> >> This is the way that virtually all other systems use; look at forums used by >> game developers, vehicle owner groups etc. There is freely available >> software to provide these systems, which can be developed to provide more >> functionality. >> >> These systems enable you to create multiple sub-forums within which your >> users can create posts, to include text and embedded files and images. >> Against those posts other users can create additional posts. >> >> Management of users is easy to ensure that only registered users can make or >> read posts; that some sub-forums or posts can be read-only to anyone; some >> can be limited to developers and testers etc.. >> >> And the existing mail and FB lists can be merged into the new system. >> >> Chris >> (From my Android) > > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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