Genealogy Chat

I've just looked at Help/FAQS and it doen't mention that Flash is required to view the tree. Usually when it's required on a site they give you the option to download it, which they haven't here. I think that we have this on our computer - my 4 year old son loves the Nick Jnr website and I'm sure that we've downloaded Macramedia Flash Player from there when prompted - is this the program you're talking about? I replied to GR's email, so hopefully I'll have an answer soon!

Had a thought - I have AOL blocking animated media on GR as I don't want to see those horrible adverts. I've just removed it and I can view the tree! Viewing the tree this way is new and is currently on test, so I guess that it's going to be replacing the old tree progamme eventually. I haven't tried to print yet though - I will let you know how I get on.

Rachel, Make sure that you load your printer !!! I have tried and can only print out all of the tree. Which is a bit of a pain when you only need a small section to scribble on. I cant seem to get the section I need from other trees either. I know people are good enough to let us see their trees, but surely I am not the only one who is not interested in all of othe peoples trees, only the bit that links us. Also on the old tree programme it gives dates of death as well, useful when you are adding to your tree. Regards Julie

Mmmm. Not entirely convinced by this new Tree Viewer. It is however still being tested and there's still problems to resolve. I think the problem lies in the fact that I use the new version of Family Historian where I can do lots of wacky and weird things with my tree at incredible speed, so that using this tree viewer is a bit of come down. It is very slow to navigate around the tree. The large tree that another member has recently given me access to won't display. As mentioned on a previous message on this thread, years of death are not shown as they were on the old tree programme. My first attempt at printing the tree failed. A message came up saying something like 'the script of this movie is making flash player run slowly, you may have to abort'. I did a print preview as a precaution and all I got was a lot of blank pages with the page numbers on them. This message confirmed that you do need Flash player to use this, however I can't see that theres anywhere to download it on this site, if you haven't already got this on your computer. I had better luck on the second attempt. However much you zoom in on the screen, the print still prints the boxes the same minuscule size - so make sure you wear your glasses or have a magnifying glass to hand! I think that we're going to have to bear with this one!

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