After moving directly from RM7 to RM9 I am totally confused by the changes to the way that research logs are being treated. I always believed (and still do!) that a research log is what the name implies - a log of my research. I use it so that in future I can see the places that I have already looked for information for a particular person. The rest of the time I don’t really want to see it.
Since moving to RM9 all of my research log entries have been changed to tasks with a priority of 6 and are ‘In progress’. My task list is massive!
In RM7 my task list is small. I consider it a ‘to-do’ list. I go to it when I feel in the mood and pick an item to look at. Once I’ve finished the task I may or may not copy my findings into the research log.
Now I just can’t differentiate between things that need doing and things that are just nice to have ‘in case’.
Also - How should I imagine a ‘folder’? I obviously know what a folder is - but the folder must be some abstract idea that is supposed to be useful.
In RM7 in the ‘Edit Person’ view there is a button marked ‘Research Log’. I click it and there is a neat screen with all my notes about the research I’ve done. Wonderful!
In RM9 there is a chaotic mess which seems to have been created by someone who is good at writing computer programs from a specification but has never actually researched their family and used the result of their endeavours in real life. Of course that’s my view and maybe once it’s been explained I may feel I was a little harsh!
