[Sugar-devel] New genealogic activity for Sugar

[Gonzalo Odiard]

> > * If you can implement saving and reading a standard format as GEDCOM,
> the possibilities are increased because
> > you enable the "high ceil". If the kids want continue and need a more
> powerful application, can use their work,
> > and also can interchange with other sources.****
>
> You’re right. However GEDCOM format needs more fields so, more complexity.
> One example is the birthdate. Of course it seems logical to have a birth
> date field in a family tree. By the way, it need some complex interaction
> for child to handle this. So I choose for the moment to ignore it and let
> it in the description field. In a similar way, there is no separation today
> between first name and last name like in the “buddy name”. May be I could
> imagine a “basic” interface with only simple fields and an “advanced”
> interface with more fields. BTW I didn’t observe this basic/advanced
> separation in some other Sugar activities.
>

Balancing complexity and easy of use is a challenge. If the only fields you
need add are first name, last name and birth date, I think is ok.
I am not so sure about basic and advanced modes.

Gonzalo
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