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3d Family Tree
Vendor Website http://www.3dfamilytree.com |
| Joe's Opinion |
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This web site only has a DEMO download... which doesn't work. There's no way to tell what it does, or if it does any good. All of the buttons are greyed-out -- All The Time. Then, after installing, you find that more than half the 'WORKING' parts of the program aren't even there. They suggest you download Microsoft® Agent from Bill Gate's site. Of course, the link from the program doesn't work. It has the wrong URL, so you get a "Page Not Found" error at Bill's site. I guess that's one way to avoid copyright infringement issues. Make a program that swipes some of Bill Gates' code, but don't supply that part in your download. Make your 'users' download it themselves and incorporate it themselves. You get all the credit and the money. Bill Gates' crew did half or more of the work!
You can not put in your data to see if the program handles it right. You can not import any data (ged file or other) to see what it does. They supply you with their one single demo file that you can open in the program. It is labeled "Kennedy.3dTree" It's not even a GED file. All you can see is a list of names and dates. No graphic displays of the data or anything else. Just a list of names and dates. Imagine that you opened your personal GED file in Windows Notepad. What you see there (list of names and dates) is all you can see here. But, their proprietary file format is not a GED file and it will not open up in any of your other Genealogy programs. I don't know why anyone would pay for this program. It is useless since it has no way to actually test it. A much better, FREE, program is Personal Ancestry File from the Mormon church website. Regardless of your religion, or lack thereof, the Mormons know 'genealogy' better than anyone. They've been doing it for more than 160 years. And their program is free. Did I mention that the Mormon's program is much better? And FREE! ![]() |
| Program Author's Sales Pitch |
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Version 1.1 has improved features! At last there is a way to view the complex relationships in your family tree! 3D Family Tree software is designed to help you use the power of 3-dimensional viewing to see generations, siblings and marriages at a glance. 3D Family Tree turns your complicated data into an easy to see tree which can be rotated, zoomed in or expanded to meet your viewing needs. See how various branches of your family evolved. Understand the relationships of distant relatives with ease. No other genealogy software package offers this amazingly easy way to see you family history. Once you've added 3D Family Tree to your software library, you'll marvel at the way your tree "comes alive!" |