iFamily for Tiger is a genealogy program for Macintosh OS X Tiger. You can read my earlier review of the program at http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2006/12/ifamily_for_tig_1.html. Now author Keith Wilson released version 2.250 on 19 August 2007.
The changes include:
Sources Pane
When you click on a Source-Reference (a Citation) and then invoke the Source dialog it will automatically preselect the Source that is relevant to the currently selected Source-Reference.
Corrected a bug that caused incorrect display of Source-References in the Sources pane after a Source-Reference had been deleted elsewhere within iFamily.
Added a button to enable direct referencing to the Active Source.
Import Pictures - Prebuild All Thumbnails
The Import Pictures function now allows the user to Prebuild All Thumbnails. Although this takes a few minutes it results in faster response later because thumbnails do not have to be created on-the-fly. If you are importing a large number of pictures (1000's) then you may like to take a coffee break while the thumbnails are being created.
Thumbnails - instant display regardless of database size
A minor database change has been made to improve response when a database contains thousands of thumbnail images. Display of thumbnail images will now be instantaneous regardless of the size of your database or the type of processor in your machine (Intel vs PPC).
Context diagram
The user can now set the colour gradient in the Context Diagram
For more information, go to the iFamily For Tiger web site at http://www.ifamilyfortiger.com.
For the Mac user, this is the most updated and creative program out there, and at a bargain price compared to Reunion. Its genius creator, Keith Wilson, is very responsive to questions, suggestions, and feedback in the Forum. It is also very flexible in the use of photos, which drew me to it initially. A great program, and it just keeps getting better!
Posted by: Edmund Deane | August 26, 2007 at 10:14 PM