tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post9203039581652597665..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Geni.com - Everyone's Related?Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-55160829023092159842008-08-19T14:40:00.000-07:002008-08-19T14:40:00.000-07:00I totally agree that you should be given the choic...I totally agree that you should be given the choice of formats. My father was FAMOUS for using the European format. It used to drive me crazy! ....It was the 13th day of the 13th month, we will call it Smarch, a la Homer J Simpson<BR/><BR/>Phil<BR/>Family History, Maps and Family Trees<BR/><A HREF="http://www.quintinpublications.com" REL="nofollow">Family Genealogy</A><BR/>Your place for Family Genealogy, Maps and Family HistoryUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11905908193239517401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-80968157091762864682008-08-18T13:26:00.000-07:002008-08-18T13:26:00.000-07:00** The order of the display doesn't matter either,...** The order of the display doesn't matter either, as long as the month is spelled out, or abbreviated, and the year has four digits.<BR/>I also agree with the idea to use the GEDCOM date format. That's one we already know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-27364886732279816472008-08-18T12:42:00.000-07:002008-08-18T12:42:00.000-07:00I would like to thank everyone for the feedback. A...I would like to thank everyone for the feedback. As you know, Geni has only been around for a year and a half. We have come a very long way since our inception but we are still heavily developing the product. It was great to hear the reaffirmation of the direction that we are going. Everything that was brought up, in terms of features, is already on our road map. <BR/><BR/>Although Geni may not be a replacement for your current genealogy program, right now. It definitely makes a good supplement. Engagement amongst family members is something that Geni is trying to accomplish. For a genealogist, this means more content to further their research as well as a medium to share their genealogical research. We hear the same story over and over from genealogists which is, "my family just isn't interested." The interest level of the content amongst the family is not the problem. The problem is the medium in which the content is shared. When genealogical content is shared through a medium that is easy to interpret, fun to use, and offers features that even non-genealogists are interested in, then the response and engagement will be much greater. That is what Geni can offer. <BR/><BR/>To answer John's question, Geni currently offers MM-DD-Year eg August 18, 2008. In the near future, when we start to Localize Geni, we will offer different ways to enter and display the dates. <BR/><BR/>Once again, I would like to thank CGSSD and all of the attendees for enabling me present Geni to them. It was a pleasure.<BR/><BR/>Thank you,<BR/><BR/>Keith McCarty<BR/>www.geni.comKeith McCartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03327114700896896010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-29325579936738303802008-08-17T05:13:00.000-07:002008-08-17T05:13:00.000-07:00Entering input as MM-DD-Year or DD-MM-Year is fine...Entering input as MM-DD-Year or DD-MM-Year is fine - you need to be able to tell the software, though, which is your preference. Americans will be more comfortable entering it as MM-DD and Europeans more comfortable with DD-MM.<BR/><BR/>The order of the display doesn't matter either, as long as the month is spelled out, or abbreviated, and the year has four digits. It's when the month and date in the display are both numbers that it's going to be confusing, regardless of the order of the data.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16874952946606709532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-76707457786823234842008-08-16T16:04:00.000-07:002008-08-16T16:04:00.000-07:00"The problems with Geni.com as a genealogy tool in..."The problems with Geni.com as a genealogy tool include ...Dates are input and displayed as MM-DD-YEAR rather than DD-MM-YEAR"<BR/><BR/>Couldn't agree more. Formats like that cause unnecessary confusion. Alas, Geni's edit box present the three date components in that antilogical order and Geni's profiles show dates in "MMMM d, yyyy" format. <BR/>It would be best if Geni used either the ISO 8601 date format ("yyyy-MM-dd") or the "d MMM yyyy" format that GEDCOM uses. Agree with the other two points (maiden names and sourcing) too. Not using maiden names is not just massively annoying, it is plain wrong.<BR/><BR/>Still, Geni's features matter little as long as it is limited to fairly small databases (a maximum of just 15.000 individuals) and its interface is about as interactive as a sleeping snail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com