To all Legacy email list members: Please note that this is not intended as a flame directed at any individual, but it is meant to vent my own frustrations at what is going on too often on this email list.
I have been using Legacy "from the beginning" and I love it. Of course there are some bugs - but what software program does not have bugs? Frankly, I look to the list to read questions and responses, including work-arounds for issues, but I am really getting tired of hearing complaints that are just repeats ad nauseam of the same issues already expressed many times before. A request for a change is fine ONE time or a report of "possibly" finding a bug. But when the same issues the "me too" folks report 500+ times - those are complaints ad nausem and not helpful suggestions. Perhaps a solution would be for the Millennia folks to set up an on-line site linked to their main site that could be accessed by users to report feature requests or bugs. If someone wants a program modification or wants to report a bug, that would be the place to go - AFTER checking to see if it's already been reported ONCE. I have faith that the Millennia folks can read as well as the rest of us (or better than some) and will work with those user requests as soon as possible - or provide work-arounds in the meantime. Perhaps if such a site were created as a link from the main Millennia site, the complaints would stop on this list - or at least I would hope so. It not, it tells me there are people who find pleasure in complaining - and perhaps go through life looking for bad things or bad things to happen in the best of situations. If so, I would appreciate them just dropping Legacy if they simply want to complain in a non-helpful way. For starters, could we please stop using such negative Subject lead-ins as "Legacy Version 6 Lost Battle" ad nauseam? Example of a repeated negative email I received recently that was not helpful: Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy Version 6 Lost Battle "(Snip) It seems Millennia should have done a little research before implementing the Research Guidance module. (Snip) is a total waste (Snip) It is entirely too cumbersome to be useful." "I'm not sure why Millennia is more interested in bells and whistles than they are in releasing a program that doesn't have a lot of bugs that are reported over and over and yet there seems to be no attempt to fix them." David Wild Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
