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From: "Ken Nordtvedt" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Searching Ysearch
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:17:52 -0600
References: <e0d2d2870903271744t3c2ab840ga7989d27ba11fbee@mail.gmail.com>


Any way you would like to sugar coat it, the I1 GAP site basically has not
worked for 4 months.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Ewing" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: [DNA] Searching Ysearch


> There was some discussion of the difficulties with YSearch at the recent
> FTDNA conference. As many of you know, for several months FTDNA has been
> in
> the process of completely redesigning and re-writing the code for their
> website. I have worked with beta versions of this software and it is very
> promising. They are very well aware that YSearch is seriously deficient
> and
> they are planning to completely overhaul it, too, but they think it
> prudent
> to finish the work on the website before tackling that. Meanwhile, they
> have
> recovered from the total devastation wreaked on their offices by the
> hurricane last fall with scarcely a hiccup in delivering services to a
> customer base that is growning exponentially.
>
> I cannot imagine that taking snide pot-shots at them will accomplish
> anything. And I think they will welcome constructive suggestions and a
> wish
> list for what the new YSearch should look like. I would like to see a
> thread
> in this forum entitled something like "I sure wish YSearch could..."
> Indeed,
> once I have sent this message, I will start that thread.
>
> This is a pretty sophisticated bunch of rocket scientists, even if most of
> them are grumpier than serves anyone well. If we could turn our
> frustration
> into ideas and suggestions, we could very well have a constructive impact
> on
> what YSearch will become.
>
> David Ewing
>
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