Alternative for the find feature in Family Tree
I think the new Find Page for Family Tree is annoying, time consuming and distracting. Previously, I could click Find by ID and the Find by ID would remain until I chose to find an individual by name. Your new features are geared toward appearance rather than functionality.
Please realize that there are serious genealogists who spend many hours every day researching and recording the completed temple ordinances for their families into their private genealogy data bases, which requires frequent use of the "Find" feature.
Please remove your new "Find" feature from my account. I much prefer the previous "Find" feature which allowed me to work more quickly. My user name is msdahneke. You may access my account and see how often, how frequently and how much I use the "Find" feature. I am no novice to familysearch.org.
Marilyn Scott Dahneke
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The new "Find" pages match the appearance of the revised "Search" pages. Both also match with regards to functionality - i.e. neither works as well as the previous versions.
FamilySearch appears to have thought it more important to have a new look that appeals to younger users and/or those who carry out much of their work on their mobiles. The engineers don't seem to have carried out tests regarding how these new versions actually perform (in making productive searches) compared to the versions they have (sadly) replaced.
Other posts have already noted how "Find" does not work at all well when searching for "Exact" matches. Personally, I do not remember the old version to have been too great at doing that either, but one would have thought this version might at least have performed rather better.
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Marilyn
I am just another 'lowly' User/Patron ...
Just in passing ...
Unfortunately ...
Sadly ...
I would humbly suggest, that we are ALL now STUCK, with the NEW "Find" feature/facility/function ...
And, the PREVIOUS version of the "Find" feature/facility/function ... NEVER to RETURN...
And , 'Yes' ...
It does appear, that 'FamilySearch', has decided to "Change" the 'look', of the "Family Tree" Part, of 'FamilySearch', to appeal MORE to the "Younger" Generations; and, "Mobile" Devices, with SMALL screens.
Of course, at the expense, of the "Older" Generations, using "Computers and the ORIGINAL "Computer" Web version, of the "Family Tree" Part, of 'FamilySearch'.
The "Programmers", seem to be DRIVING, all the NEW "Changes" ...
The Users/Patrons, are certainly NOT driving, ANY of the NEW "Changes"
Unfortunately ...
The Users/Patrons, DO NOT, seem to have a say, in the matter ...
Obviously ...
The (Younger) Programmers, seem to be bent, on "Change", just for the sake of "Change" ...
[ And, obviously, of course, keeping up with NEW "Innovations", with "Coding" ... ]
REGARDLESS of; and, RATHER than, the, WANTS; DESIRES; and, NEEDS, of the Users/Patrons ...
[ Especially, the "Older" Generations, using "Computers and the ORIGINAL "Computer" Web version, of the "Family Tree" Part, of 'FamilySearch' ... ]
It appears, that the Users/Patrons, NO LONGER have any, say; or, sway, any more ...
[ Especially, when it comes to, the "Family Tree" Part, of 'FamilySearch' ... ]
What an unfortunate development ...
We are TOLD, that the, "Designers"; "Developers"; &, "Programmers", DO use "Family Tree", of 'FamilySearch'.
But ...
That Said ...
One DOES have to wonder, about such ...
Brett
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I wholeheartedly agree with both previous comments. The new Find feature in Family Tree is worthless, time consuming, annoying, too much information making a search for an individual tiring and time consuming. I have been using Family Tree since it replaced PAF. There have been way too many changes that have made the program frustrating for serious users. It's not centered on the page causing all the "too much information" to lengthen out beyond reason. Not fair! Not happy :( Please return to the previous sensable Find!
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