Louis Kessler’s Behold Blog     The Behold User Forum

Louis, you make a good case for making the databases open. However, clearly the issue is debatable, since there are apps in two camps, one that is open and one that is encrypted. I don't think the argument for encryption is any less compelling than the argument for openness. As a genealogist who loves to play ...

I'd love to hear more about Family Tree Maker's terrible technical characteristics. I've used it for several years, and although its performance has improved with each iteration, it still seems to have issues.

Awesome! Can't wait to try it out. I also took a look at the planned features for version 2, and they look very exciting!

Have you asked Tamura Jones? He seems to have everything related to GEDCOM.

Louis, can you give us an update on the status of Behold 1.1 & perhaps update the future development plan?

Sounds like a great plan! Looking forward to version 1.1. The NSA probably developed the code-signing certificate requirements ;^)

Thanks for the update--sounds like you've been busy. Regarding the US federal government partial shutdown, those of you outside the US may not have noticed unless you follow the news or financial markets, but most of us here in America noticed or were directly affected by it. We couldn't go to national parks or ...

Yes, absolutely, "important people" is a necessary feature. Your use of the obituary as a model is a great idea. Will the user be able to select which categories of important people are included on a report?