Installed GrampsAIO-6.1.0-beta1-1_win64 and imported a copy of my tree. The FamilySearch icon in the status bar alerts… Not logged in to FamilySearch From the menu Family Trees >> FamilySearch Sign In… User consent declined I opened my default browser and signed in.

I believe SourceAirbender was giving command line to run, not values for the URL field. Having GRAMPS_FS_ENABLE_DIRECT=1 in the environment when Gramps runs should allow direct connection to the test server without an access code

I strongly feel that there should be NO startup alerts if the FamilySearch service is not running nor attempts to touch an external service without the user enabling a preferences switch. (The should extended to any external service, including Addon Manager or polling RSS feeds.) Or perhaps there c…

[image] DaveSch: Hard to test when there is no access I believe that the 6.1 release is to make it easier for the FamilySearch folks to alpha test. Once their alpha test is passed, our community can start beta testing. Requiring them to build-from-source would probably have given the first i…

[image] emyoulation: I strongly feel that there should be NO startup alerts if the FamilySearch service is not running nor attempts to touch an external service without the user enabling a preferences switch. To use the FamilySearch Integration, the user will first have to apply for an authen…

[image] Nick-Hall: To use the FamilySearch Integration, the user will first have to apply for an authentication key on our website. Then, to enable the functionality, they will have to enter the key into the “Integrations” tab in the preferences. Perhaps that FamilyHistory statusbar Icon coul…

[image] emyoulation: Speaking of that statusbar icon, those 16x16 FS-BLA-16 and FS-G-16 are so tiny that it is hard to de-cypher. At first I thought it was was a screen noise from a video corruption. Perhaps a 22x22? I can ask, but we have to adhere to the FamilySearch Solutions Program Brand…

[image] emyoulation: And the Hide LDS tab in person and family editors checkbox Preferences item should probably be moved from the Data tab to the FamilySearch Integrations tab The LDS tab is also available to users who don’t use the FamilySearch Integration.

[image] Nick-Hall: b is also available to users who don’t use the FamilySearch Integration True. But it makes more sense with the FamilySearch subsection of the Integration than where it is now. When looking for LDS related features, users will naturally expect them to be located adjacently. …

[image] emyoulation: When looking for LDS related features, users will naturally expect them to be located adjacently. I don’t have a strong opinion about this. I’m happy for @SourceAirbender to decide.

[image] Nick-Hall: I can ask, but It would be greatly appreciated by those of us with worsening eyesight. Even the 2px delta of the larger 24x24 Navigator sidebar to the 22x22 causes undue difficulty for discriminating between Geography view modes. You won’t be able to squeeze a 24x24 into t…

6.1 FamilySearch beta testing

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We have a meeting with Gordon tomorrow morning. Hopefully we will be able to open the FamilySearch Integration up for wider beta testing very shortly.

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