[Ldsoss] FamilySearch Labs - Smart Pedigree Viewer

[Jesse Stay]

Yes, I can't wait for them to provide an API to their data.  Once  
that's available I would write my own UI in an instant, and I imagine  
others would come up with their own uses for it as well.  I think  
rather than developing all these technologies now and then involving  
the community, if they opened up an API to their database now, they'd  
find the community would start to develop these technologies  
themselves, and the church could then leverage what the community has  
done to write what else might be missing.  "Release Early, Release  
Often"

Jesse

On Oct 6, 2006, at 5:43 PM, m h wrote:

> Hmmm, sounds cool but doesn't work on linux (firefox 1.5.0.7).
>
> <rant>
> On a related note, this is great that the family search website is
> being updated.  I've tried to use it various times over the last few
> years and have found it completely unintuitive.  I got up to 10
> generations done but it was like pulling nails.  (If the information
> is all in there, why did it take me able 6 hours to just download and
> re-link it all?  Only to find out later that my aunt has done a lot
> more than I have, so in essence I wasted my time, doing a fraction of
> what someone else has done.)  (I'm willing to admit that I'm probably
> dense so perhaps others know how to use it better, and no I haven't
> gone to any family history research center since the days when they
> were all dos based).  Hopefully this will bring some Web2.0 goodness
> to the site and make it easier to find, download, upload and
> collaborate with others (who have already done the previous steps, but
> you happen to repeat them since that seems like the only step...)
>
> Dan, I don't mean to be too critical but seeing as how the church is
> sitting on a vast database of genealogical information, giving people
> an easy way to get at it would be appreciated.
>
> </rant>
>
> -matt
>
> On 10/6/06, Dan Lawyer <lawyerdc at ldschurch.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> All,
>>
>> A week or so ago I posted an image of my pedigree in a smart  
>> pedigree viewer
>> we've been working on. Many people expressed an interest in  
>> playing with the
>> viewer using their own data and I thought this group would be  
>> interested.
>> We've just made a new website available (FamilySearch Labs) to  
>> showcase
>> interesting new technology we're working on. The first project on  
>> the site
>> is our smart pedigree viewer. It allows you to upload your own  
>> GEDCOM and
>> view it or view one of our sample files. Go check it out at
>> www.familysearchlabs.org and be sure to use the feedback link on  
>> the site to
>> tell us what you think.
>>
>> -Dan ________________________________
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