tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post466198591226722930..comments2023-04-20T12:46:11.858-06:00Comments on The Ancestry Insider: New features coming to FamilySearch IndexingThe Ancestry Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-28731269858852622292009-06-01T18:43:16.138-06:002009-06-01T18:43:16.138-06:00Insider,
A couple questions and comments:
1) Que...Insider,<br /><br />A couple questions and comments:<br /><br />1) Question: re the Project Selection Dialog Box, are one's preferences going to be saved? I would presume so. This is a welcome feature especially regarding the language of the projects. I have never indexed anything but English, but the other day when I (rarely done) just said download instead of picking from the "Download From" box, I got a French project which I promptly sent back.<br /><br />2) Question re batch sharing: what is the utility of this? It seems to me more time efficient for all concerned to just send back a batch one is having problems on, if it involves multiple items on the image.<br /><br />On the mid-batch quality check and fields marked for review, again for time efficiency, these seem not terribly useful to me. This isn't a timed test where one needs to first concentrate on getting the most answers right before returning to difficult items. I either resolve an item or move on and leave it that way. I often consult Ancestry's census index when I have a problem to see how others have read it, and also more quickly look at other images in the enumerator's hand. But again just quickly before moving on.<br /><br />Features I would like to see:<br /><br />a) Auto-numbering of line numbers - it is very annoying to miss a name and go back and insert a field for same and then have to renumber all the lines after that. Perhaps I am missing a better way to do this though.<br /><br />b) The "Download From" box having *all* current projects for which there are batches available in the list, according to one's language and other preferences. However maybe this is already so and more projects than I think are awaiting processing for indexers.<br /><br />c) Auto-quality check, or rather a way to accept at the time a field marked by the software as potentially in error to be OK. Basically I mean performing the quality check as one goes instead of all at once at the end. Not a biggie but I would like it better that way.<br /><br /><br />Also I would like to mention that I would appreciate it if headquarters could share its long and short term plans. For instance after the 1920 census is done what is next? 1910? Just curious.<br /><br />Mike<br /><br /><br />today's captcha: steryfoxMikeFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587230319820652536noreply@blogger.com