Comments on: Family Tree Maker 2008 Review: Newer Isn’t Always Better http://ipentimento.com/family-tree-maker-2008-review-newer-isnt-always-better/ Our most treasured family heirlooms are our sweet family memories. --Unknown Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: webduck http://ipentimento.com/family-tree-maker-2008-review-newer-isnt-always-better/comment-page-1/#comment-432 webduck Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:51:03 +0000 http://ipentimento.com/family-tree-maker-2008-review-newer-isnt-always-better/#comment-432 Marty, what was the file extension type? As far as I know, both 2008 and FTM 16 should support PDF and RTF files. If they saved it as a Word file (DOC) then I don't think it would open in FTM no matter what version. Was it a GEDCOM file? GEDCOM's are the most common file type for sharing genealogical information, even between different genealogy programs that are NOT Family Tree Maker. Does anyone have a better answer? <em>webduck's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ipentimento/yiNU/~3/261619192/' rel="nofollow">iPentimento Will Be Featured Tomorrow</a></em> Marty, what was the file extension type? As far as I know, both 2008 and FTM 16 should support PDF and RTF files. If they saved it as a Word file (DOC) then I don’t think it would open in FTM no matter what version. Was it a GEDCOM file? GEDCOM’s are the most common file type for sharing genealogical information, even between different genealogy programs that are NOT Family Tree Maker.

Does anyone have a better answer?

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]]> By: Marty http://ipentimento.com/family-tree-maker-2008-review-newer-isnt-always-better/comment-page-1/#comment-431 Marty Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:20:08 +0000 http://ipentimento.com/family-tree-maker-2008-review-newer-isnt-always-better/#comment-431 A relative with FTM 2008 tried to send me a disc of info -- the file appears with the FTM icon and the property "FTM Family File". When I try to open this on my FTM Version 16, I get the message "Family Tree Maker does not recognize the format of the file you are trying to open." Do files saved from FTM 2008 not open with older versions of FTM??? Should I have my relative try to save it to disc in a different way??? A relative with FTM 2008 tried to send me a disc of info — the file appears with the FTM icon and the property “FTM Family File”. When I try to open this on my FTM Version 16, I get the message “Family Tree Maker does not recognize the format of the file you are trying to open.” Do files saved from FTM 2008 not open with older versions of FTM??? Should I have my relative try to save it to disc in a different way???

]]> By: webduck http://ipentimento.com/family-tree-maker-2008-review-newer-isnt-always-better/comment-page-1/#comment-421 webduck Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:26:26 +0000 http://ipentimento.com/family-tree-maker-2008-review-newer-isnt-always-better/#comment-421 Looks like the votes are running more against the FTM08 version than I thought. Thanks to everyone who left a comment and opinion. Looks like the votes are running more against the FTM08 version than I thought. Thanks to everyone who left a comment and opinion.

]]> By: Scotty http://ipentimento.com/family-tree-maker-2008-review-newer-isnt-always-better/comment-page-1/#comment-420 Scotty Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:21:35 +0000 http://ipentimento.com/family-tree-maker-2008-review-newer-isnt-always-better/#comment-420 I have owned every version of FamilyTreemaker, and was always anxious for the next release. NEVER have I been so disappointed. For those of you who believe that it will work better with Vista, quit worrying, as I have all of the same problem XP users are battling. I kept thinking I would give it a chance and learn the new version, but truly, my interest is continuing my famly research, not trying to debug new software. You are right, "Newer is not always better". What a shame! I have owned every version of FamilyTreemaker, and was always anxious for the next release. NEVER have I been so disappointed. For those of you who believe that it will work better with Vista, quit worrying, as I have all of the same problem XP users are battling.

I kept thinking I would give it a chance and learn the new version, but truly, my interest is continuing my famly research, not trying to debug new software.

You are right, “Newer is not always better”. What a shame!

]]> By: Freddy http://ipentimento.com/family-tree-maker-2008-review-newer-isnt-always-better/comment-page-1/#comment-411 Freddy Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:45:23 +0000 http://ipentimento.com/family-tree-maker-2008-review-newer-isnt-always-better/#comment-411 I started using FTM 2008 in XP and something was probaby wrong since every click took literally minutes. I had asked for support to Ancestry.com and never got an answer. Then I changed my computer that came with Vista and things started to work slightly better as long as I just navegate the program, but when I make some editions it almost freezes (cpu shows 98% busy for many minutes). So I'm seriously thinking to go back to FTM 2006 which never gave me any problem. I started using FTM 2008 in XP and something was probaby wrong since every click took literally minutes. I had asked for support to Ancestry.com and never got an answer. Then I changed my computer that came with Vista and things started to work slightly better as long as I just navegate the program, but when I make some editions it almost freezes (cpu shows 98% busy for many minutes). So I’m seriously thinking to go back to FTM 2006 which never gave me any problem.

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