Suggestions

I like the old tree at least it did not delete info from my tree like the new one. :-|

Its only my personal opinion but I always felt this was the best site for researching and growing a family tree.

I now think its the worst, all this has happened in the space of 1 month.

Simon I agree with you some comment from GR would go a long way.

I used to use Genes Reunited a lot but I hardly ever bother now I dont like it and find it complicated to use. I will not be renewing my membership.

Rosie

What chance of someone form the Genes Team now posting a note on this thread to indicate that they have read and inwardly digested the comments therein???

Slim, I guess, but it really would be a morale booster for all those posters who have taken the time to write up their comments about the ghastly new tree.

Even better, of course, would be for GR to now say what they are actually going to do to improve matters. The majority opinion from this thread is firmly that the new format is disliked (to put it mildly) and that many are proposing to leave GR when their current sub runs out. Surely that should be a matter of concern for GR and make them LISTEN to what us paying customers WANT. (But maybe they don't realise that because they don't actually read this thread - despite what they say?

Old tree option please

I suggest you give us back the option of the "Old Tree"

Simples!! :-)

At the bottom left hand corner of every page on this site, is a 'Tell a friend' heading. I suggest, GR, that you remove that because, just now, most of us won't exactly be recommending this site!

Compared to some peoples trees mine is not very big but with the new tree I can no longer print it out I get a message saying my printer says the tree is too big and to wait a while and when the software is developed I will be able to print it out. With the old style tree I could print my tree in full and this was really useful to give to family members. I also prefered the horizontal format rather than this new vertical one. Please get this printing thing sorted as I really do want to be able to print my tree out. :-(

I would like the names of Tree Owners in "Hot Matches" to be given fully, not just first names: there are so many Johns, Anns and Margarets!

I am much happier with the new light background than with the old dark blue one... I sometimes made a screen dump and printed it out

Would it be too difficult to make the lines connecting my actual ancestors and descendants thicker or in a contrasting colour?

Catherine, the Hot Matches are not deleted, you can recall them if you wish by the View discarded matches button and if you need to you can restore them. I have sometimes wanted to recheck old discarded matches.

I would like the vocabulary used to be consistent.
For example, the word DELETE. When the screen displays the list of Hot Matches the heading of the last 'column' is DISCARD. I think it would be better to use the word DELETE as in other cases.
If a word or expression is used it should continue to be used.
Consistency is important - especially as there are so many screens and pop-ups to concentrate upon.
CONSISTENCY please.

Thank you,
Catherine

Like others I like the LIST Feature in this (new) tree but also, like others, I would like to be able to IMPORT it on/into my computer but if I can't import it I really really really would like to be able to PRINT it.
Thank you. :-)
Catherine

This new layout does not work! It is virtually impossible to navigate around Far too time consuming, this wasn't what I signed up for when I renewed my subscription.

I click on my tree and immediately ancestors from way back appear and trying to get to my datais impossible!

I certainly won't be renewing my subscription if this new version stays....I will be returning to Tribal Pages which to be honest is FAR superior :-(

Just give us the option of the old tree. That is all many people want!!!!
You are going to lose so many members.

Genes has a feature called "Hot Match" that was once very popular. It then became more of an irritant than anything else as it delivers many hot matches which were not matches ... finding a real match was like looking for a needle in haystack. I have turned this "feature" off and I suspect so have many others.

Yet another very popular FH site has a similar feature and it actually works with an accuracy of about 70%.

My suggestion is that Gru either (a) gets this function to work properly or (b) removes it all together. It would also be a good idea to only offer matches where the other person had been active on the site in the last 90 days.

Well when looking at other peoples tree i=which you had contact with you could put a name at the top of the tree and a list of that name would come straight up, not any more you have to wait ages before you get the complete list especially if the person has thousands of names in there tree.

So come on Genes make trees simple again and quick and easy to search.

Because six months ago this was a good site but the updates you have done makes it a pain to use.

A simple tree and search is a damn sight better than thiss one is now.

So get your act together and tell the people who have messed up this site to earn they keep by taking it back to a simple to use site or you will lose paying members big time.

Please remove the slide info feature, and replace with a 'click to access all details feature', as we used to have. The current slide carries very little info, and gets in the way of the tree.

Please ensure that when we want to add details to an individual's profile, that there's ALWAYS a 'save' button at the bottom - which there currently isn't.

And, added to the previous suggestion, PLEASE, get rid of the feature whereby, when you start to type in a name, all people in the tree with a similar name appear in a list. Without selecting any of them, my tree has now cross-linked from my paternal grandfather's side to my husband's maternal grandmother's side via a woman that has now two dates of birth 50 years apart. And the system won't allow me to amend it! I've just got so frustrated that I'm currently moving all the info and tree to another more user-friendly site.

Ever come across the saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"?

The new tree has quite a useful view of all the people in the tree.
This would be a whole lot more useful if it could be exported eg to .csv format.