What parts of Gramps do/did you find to be overly complicated? Are there UI functions that are too messy? Too many ways to do something? Are there features that are hard to use? Hard to discover? Do you have ideas on making Gramps easier not just for beginners, but for those that know Gramps too? …

The best addition to Gramps (as opposed to improvements to what is already there) would be to (re-)implement what Geves (which seems to be abandonware) did. The Geves website is archived at Geves - The Genealogy Software The most relevant point is at step 3 of the Quick Tour, where it explains tha…

Apologies for being negative again but strongly suspect it got abandoned because like all scrapers they have no capability to distinguish between the good, the bad, and the transcriber error, you can spend longer checking and correcting errors than you would typing it in from scratch when at least y…

I kinda agree with Phil. It would need to be highly configurable to allow what you want captured and be less work than my current work flow. I can copy a citation in three mouse/key operations now and I seldom save images because they are often not there or I can’t read them. It would also need to i…

[image] comeng: like all scrapers they have no capability to distinguish between the good, the bad, and the transcriber error I thought so too, but I looked at the old docs and it actually seems they had a specific list of websites/sources it would scrape from ( Geves - Where you can download …

For me, coming from using Legacy Family Tree to GRAMPS exclusively, The biggest annoyance is the lack of a copy clipboard for events that doesn’t copy the original event, just the details / text. I often want to create new events with small things changed that aren’t shared between people. In Legacy…

Somewhat, but this version of the clipboard is quite a bit simpler, one click to copy and one to paste for speed. But that idea does match up pretty well with my forms template addon and I’ve got it saved as a potential future expansion idea to look into.

Frustration with beginning to use GRAMPS…[1 of ??] This thread seems to have been somewhat highjacked into advanced topics. Gramps 6.0.8 on Windows 11. This once was a VERY long message with painful details. I decided to start over, just as I have started over with GRAMPS from download on - sever…

On second thought, I am still confused about date concept, even after decades of usage. There is no issue on exact dates. But when it comes to record uncertainty, labelling in the Date entry dialog is not obvious at all. After and From (resp. Before and To) may look equivalent and one will choose …

The prime reason for me hacking the program to use mathematical symbols <, >, ><, ~ The added benefit being the reduction in screen area taken up in the likes of GraphView phil

What do/did you find to be the most complicated parts of Gramps?

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Perhaps this idea overlaps with your need, @RenTheRoot? Template objects

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What do/did you find to be the most complicated parts of Gramps?

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