From: Jim W. <ji...@li...> - 2006-01-04 11:35:22
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Don Allingham wrote: >This is an example my interpretation of Richard Taylor's comments. It is >not intended to be a editable view, but a view for display and >navigation. Buttons will be added to allow adding/editing/deleting >parents and relationships. > >Separate dialogs would be provided to edit family relationships. > >Edit buttons are provided next to each name to bring up the Edit Person >window for the person. Each name is treated like an HTML link - clicking >on the link will make that person the active person. > >This view has been optimized for navigation and bring up edit dialogs. > >http://developers.gramps-project.org/show_image.php?id=11 > > > Don, I personally like this approach. It would be useful to have the pertinent dates shown to the right of each individual so the user could navigate through the right families. This is very similar to a great Aussie program called Relatively Yours written by Bob Dalrymple. RY didn't catch on in the US for some reason but it is a great approach. Bob's starting point was a 3-gen family page with places and dates as hyperlinks for major events. Multiple unions (regardless of type) show up under each principle in the family page so you don't lose track of them. Bob also linked female events to their name at the time of the event. Events before unions used the maiden name and after used whatever name the woman used. This worked great for women who retained their maiden names, hyphenated names, etc. Jim |