Search Records: Selecting sites outside of FamilySearch
When I want to check information on another site, for example Ancestry or MyHeritage, I always get the message:
"You are leaving FamilySearch to visit one of our partner sites. We have a relationship with this partner. If you link your account, you will get free access to many of their services. To learn more, visit our FamilySearch partner access page at https://familysearch.org/partneraccess"
In the old version, this occurred the first time I clicked on an outside source the first time. Then after that, it would automatically go to Ancestry or MyHeritage. I know that's a minor issue, but it was very convenient in the old page. One extra click here and there starts to add up when you spend several hours a day doing research.
Please consider changing that function to one click after leaving the page once in a session.
P.S. I love what you've done when clicking on a ID#. It saves it to memory and is ready to use immediately. It saves me a lot of time.
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Thanks for your post. I've added your comments to an existing bug report. I believe there is a larger access permissions metadata problem that is keeping this bug around longer than anyone would like.
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Here's additional information:
When I request to search on Ancestry the first time, the prompt about leaving the system comes up. If I continue on that same record, it goes directly to Ancestry. However, when I go to another individual, the prompt comes up every time I search.
When I request to search MyHeritage, it will prompt me the first time and randomly thereafter even if I'm on the same individual. Most often the prompt about leaving appears.
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It's been a month and the same message still pops up every time:
"You are leaving FamilySearch to visit one of our partner sites. We have a relationship with this partner. If you link your account, you will get free access to many of their services. To learn more, visit our FamilySearch partner access page at https://familysearch.org/partneraccess"
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@LarryAndrew1 it's proper for a website to inform users when they are leaving the site. This should be limited to once per link per session.
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That is very acceptable, but informing the user every time you leave the site is not. I have not had a session in the past month where I only had the program inform me once. It's been every time I leave the FamilySearch site.
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