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 > > ==== CFT-WIN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from CFT-WIN, send an e-mail message to: > CFT-WIN-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) > CFT-WIN-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) > Subject: unsubscribe > In the body include only one word: unsubscribe > (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command)