john wrote: > On 18/06/2011 22:25, Ian Goddard wrote: >> john wrote: >>> Personally, I can't find anything special in Gramps which would make >>> me want to use it - not even the price! I do not find it very >>> intuitive or easy to use (but then I've only played with it for a >>> couple of hours). >> >> OK, there's one navigational issue which is a PITA and I've suggested >> changing it as a feature request. But I do use it a lot. >> >>> It may be some operating systems have very little choice of genealogy >>> programs so some users have to use Gramps? >> >> The other side of the coin is would I switch OS just to use some other >> genealogy program? Shudders.... >> > > And the OP was using Family Tree Maker on Windows ....... > And newsgroup threads have been known to drift OT..... -- Ian The Hotmail address is my spam-bin. Real mail address is iang at austonley org uk

On Saturday 18 June 2011 16:46, Ian Goddard ([email protected]) opined: > john wrote: >> On 18/06/2011 22:25, Ian Goddard wrote: >>> john wrote: >>>> Personally, I can't find anything special in Gramps which would make >>>> me want to use it - not even the price! I do not find it very >>>> intuitive or easy to use (but then I've only played with it for a >>>> couple of hours). >>> >>> OK, there's one navigational issue which is a PITA and I've suggested >>> changing it as a feature request. But I do use it a lot. >>> >>>> It may be some operating systems have very little choice of genealogy >>>> programs so some users have to use Gramps? >>> >>> The other side of the coin is would I switch OS just to use some other >>> genealogy program? Shudders.... >>> >> >> And the OP was using Family Tree Maker on Windows ....... >> > And newsgroup threads have been known to drift OT..... > > -- > Ian > > The Hotmail address is my spam-bin. Real mail address is iang > at austonley org uk OP was asking for recommendations for a replacement for FTM on windows. Gramps for windows would certainly fall into that category. As well, because gramps runs on multiple operating systems, Ian's comment is perfectly appropriate. True, there are very few genealogy programs available for real operating systems; as a result, it's doubly pleasurable to recommend one that is truly multi-platform or, to use a now ancient term, architecturally neutral. I'd suggest that, notwithstanding gramps doesn't take you by the hand and lead you step-by-step, it's neither more nor less "intuitive" than most similar programs. The documentation is reasonable and the user-group helpful, with input from the developers on most questions. I find little to dislike about it and believe it to be worth a look by the OP. Sweaty Ol' Bob -- Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas ----- The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated in the name of the noblest causes -- Thomas Paine