New Memory Viewer Format
@Donald J Brady has posted:
"Hi, I'm really glad for the memories tab and the ability to add photos, stories, and other special memories to Family Search. This is a great way to preserve and share a variety of family photos, memories, and create new ones. I noticed a couple things with the new memory viewer format that perhaps should be corrected. When tagging individuals in a memory with the "Who is in this memory" feature, the previous memory viewer format was correct, in that each person tagged was added and listed top to bottomon the upper right side of the screen. This was correct. You could actually organize or structure the individuals in a photo or story chronologically by age, their appearance in a story, or however you wanted to initially tag and have them appear on the "Who's in this memory" list. And of course, people could add new tagged people in a memory at any time and are encouraged to do so. The key here is that the first person tagged would initially appear at the top of that list, the next person tagged would appear after or below the first, and so forth… listed top to bottom.
The new memory viewer, however, reversed the order of every person already tagged in an existing memory from top to bottom (correct) to a bottom to top format (not so good). The persons tagged and listed at the top of each "who's in this memory" list, now appear at the bottom of that list, and the last person that was added now appears at the top. I wondered if this was perhaps an oversight or data transfer glitch. Again, the previous viewer feature here was good, and in my view correct. Individuals in a memory were tagged and appeared top to bottom in that order, which makes perfect sense. Now the order even with new memories and people tagged is reversed. Same thing with the "Add topic tag" list on the lower right side of the page/screen. The general topic tags previously appeared in alphabetical order - A to Z (this was good). Now this list also appears in reverse order, any topic tag that begins with a "Z" appears at the top of that list, while any topic tag that begins with an "A" appears at the bottom of that list. This may seem minor or rather insignificant, but it's not. I hope these two items can be corrected, especially the first one mentioned. Thanks for the other image viewer enhancements that look good."
We have closed this discussion in the Memories Categories of the Community and moved this discussion here, to the Memory Viewer Feedback group. If you have further comments or discussions regarding the Memory Viewer, please post in this group. Thank you!
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I recently responded. . .Yes, the order for Tagging and Topic Tags has changed. This was an intentional change made by the Engineers. They wanted users to see the MOST RECENT tag or topic tag. As such, the tag inserted last stays at the top. Also with topic tags, the most recent remains at the top.
I also wanted to let you know that this is a known complaint. As continued changes come to Memories and the Gallery, we might see more options on how to arrange these sections in the future. Stay tuned!
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I've wondered for some time if your statement above is actually much more responsible for many of the frustrations end users are experiencing with all the changes in the FS program. You wrote, "This was an intentional change made by the Engineers. They wanted users to see the MOST RECENT tag or topic tag."
@Donald J Brady did a nice job of explaining how useful the process was previously, and why it was useful from a family history perspective. I wonder sometimes just how much actual family history is actually being done by some of the Engineers as they make these changes. It seems that too often they don't really have a feel for how the various FamilySearch processes "make sense" and make it easier for those approaching the program from a working family history perspective, as opposed to a "logical, functional" approach as viewed from an engineering perspective.
—Chri
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Just wanted to share a recent update to the Memory Viewer. "Topic Tags" are now organized in alphabetical order.
Thank you again for your feedback.
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