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From: Richard Allen Gaugert <>
Subject: Re: CFTW3 Beta1
Date: Sun, 05 Jul 1998 15:16:56 -0500


Hello;
My name is Richard Gaugert an am working on my family tree. I am currently using 2
programs the Cumberland Family Tree and Family Tree Maker.. I am currently getting
caught up with my messages and wanted to say hello
Dick

Erik Helmer Nielsen wrote:

> I see that I have to explain some of the points I mentioned in my E-mail of
> 14.50 08-06-98 +0200 in more detail.
>
> I refer to the points in above mentioned mail.
>
> 1. Navigation
> I do not want to kill all mices.
> I just want a good keyboard alternative.
>
> 2. Family group.
> I do NOT see any Icons at all on my screen.
> I have checked that the person has Note and Source.
> He also has adopted Parents.
>
> 3. Ancestors tab.
> Maybe the screen could be simplified to start with say 4-5 generations and
> then allow for a gradual extension to more.
> But I still like the old Pedigree Tree !, can't we get that too?
>
> 4. Story tab.
> I was not aware of the facility for jumping directly to the story for
> another person. This makes it a bit more attractive.
>
> 5. Edit Individual.
> Again I see no Icons at all on my screen.
>
> 6. Edit Event
> I propose to indicate clearly that FreeFormat means in fact FreeFormatDate.
>
> 7. Name Search.
> The new NameSearch is inconvenient to me.
> It takes a much longer time to go through 20 people step by step to find the
> right one than it takes to look at their main data directly.
> It is OK for me to keep the detailed information as a supplement.
>
> The namedisplay should always start with the Key person and preferably with
> the very person, not just the same name.
> Now it only starts with a person being selected by NameSearch.
> If you select a person in any other way it will start with some random person.
>
> 8. Wittness Event.
> I see the problems in reversing this facility, but I must be honest to say
> that this feature will be difficult for me to use in the way it is
> implemented to day.
>
> 10. Sources.
> I am glad that the SourceDetail is intended to work in the way I would like.
> My confusion was due to the imperfect way in which the selection of
> SourceRef and SourceDetail is made in Beta1. I hope that this will be
> improved and clarified.
>
> I find that it is an unneccessary complication to put the SourceDetail in a
> separate list. I would rather be able to enter the SourceDetail as a Note
> directly at the place where it belongs, that is in the Edit Event window.
> I would then first select the SourceRef from a list and then optionally
> enter some SourceDetail information as free text, maybe in a pop up window.
> The window showing the SourceRef List could with great advantage be made
> larger when the SourceDetail List is left out.
>
> Erik
>
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