Computeractive, 18 Dec 2024, Issue 699, p. 20. https://getcomputeractive.co.uk/ gramps gets a mention [image]

I was able to utilize Libby/Overdrive to read this issue of Computeractive (699) through my local library in Massachusetts. But while on the library’s website, I checked its available online resources. One of the sites (which your library may also access) was Gale OneFile. Putting in “Gramps geneal…

[image] DaveSch: Actually, a pretty good article for a new user to get started. The November 2023 article shows Nick Peers has dug into Gramps enough to grasp the pros and cons. And he seems well-versed on competing product interfaces. That gives the mildly deterring mention of Gramps in this…

[image] emyoulation: My assumption has been: “yes, but not if those changes make it harder to harness Gramps power.” I’m guessing that is the intention and given that Gramps is so flexible a simpler interface could be provided with an option (or desktop shortcut) to switch to the normal inter…

Hi I classify myself as a medium term user, hobbyist and code tweaker and I am very much in favour of the simple approach Kari’s Simple Sidebar being a perfect example. I have recently installed a new operating system and clean version of 5.2.3 and then started to get my interface back to how I…

Thinking back when I first downloaded gramps, I was able to figure most of the basic features without reading any docs. I did stumble putting in the source/citation in the correct spot and it took me a while to figure out I needed the Long/Lat in the Place name before I could get the Map view to wor…

The development of Gramps Web has proven that the core of Gramps can be reused within an entirely new user interface. (In that case it’s web-based, but desktop versions could also be built.) Ambitious developers could theoretically build independent interfaces of various complexity and platform sup…

[image] GeorgeWilmes: The development of Gramps Web has proven that the core of Gramps can be reused within an entirely new user interface. (In that case it’s web-based, but desktop versions could also be built.) That’s true. It would be very interesting to see special-purpose Gramps-engine …

My experience is similar. I figured out the basics of building families without digging into the documentation. Having said that although I’d never used a genealogical db system of any flavour prior to using Grampes, I did come to Gramps with a lot of experience of being a middle man between a tea…

[image] emyoulation: Like a Camera app for gravestone photos… with an OCR alternative looking up ancestors and auto-filing as a Burial Event gallery object. And logging the the gps metadata for plotting other known persons on a cemetery diagram. Or collecting snapshots from pages referenced in …

Computeractive 699 (18 Dec 2024): mention of Gramps as "free but complicated"

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StoltHD February 11, 2025, 12:14am 12

Hmmm… so, an integration with Zotero, Tropy, Digikam and OpenKM and maybe a little of Omeka?

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Computeractive 699 (18 Dec 2024): mention of Gramps as "free but complicated"

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