The new format for sources is terrible...cannot find "review attachments" & opening the source does
& opening the source does NOT show what the info is - just goes to some other view of the extraction, see--https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCQP-RGH?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=LJ2D-1LJ - no "review attachments"... PLEASE tell me this function (review attachments) is STILL there SOMEPLACE ... this new format is so scattered & inefficient. It makes finding mistakes so much harder (hides them better).
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The "review attachments" function is the paper-with-clip icon to the right of the name under "Attached in Family Tree to". It opens Source Linker, which is what "review attachments" does as well.
I also dislike the new format with a passion; it wastes screen on meaningless fluff and hides all of the actual information under "more..."-type buttons/links. This seems to be the current style in web design: "you want to see? really? OK... just kidding! You'll have to work harder than that!"
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It looks like this person attached the 1930 census to Lee Verhelst using the url, & not the "review & attach" button. Is this a new way or is it a mistaken way? The New format for viewing a source is confusing & imprecise. Bigger letters would be okay but wider spacing just makes for more area to cover & coordinate. What exactly were you trying to accomplish with more clicks needed to view the people's info? The visual impression is intimidating - lots of stuff all over the place to be looked at - newbies really don't need more of that. Neither do oldies. Compactness is less overwhelming. Bigger is not necessarily better. Don't improve yourself right out of functionality.
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Plenty of users have complained about this. I believe somebody posted that this type of display is more in line with the mobile version - it certainly doesn't blend-in with the rest of the pages on the PC one.
Fortunately, use of the Back button (and I forget how else) gets you back to the old-style page, from which it is far easier to attach sources - especially to multiple individuals.
Even if a majority of users continue to hate it, I fear we are now stuck with this type of view.
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Agree @Julia Szent-Györgyi The details of the record location of the record are hidden under "Document Information."
FindMyPast has just made a similar change - hiding the "report an error" option under "More Actions" when "report an error" is the only thing under that button.
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Thanks for validating the complaint - making things harder to accomplish is NOT the way to "hasten the work". And thanks for the clue as to where to find stuff HIDDEN away under vague "more" terms & cute little icons with no labels.
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