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Whats up with the obnoxious yellow highlighted empty fields in private view?
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Seriously, I know why they are there.
I have to say they are quite distracting. At the very least please consider turning down the brightness.
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I think somebody's playing with the lightswitch!
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Oh, please take that away!
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Apr 2, 2015
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There are already enough "family tree fanatics" out there who have to fill every data field, even if they have to invent answers or use dubious information. We don't want to be those people. I'm afraid that by highlighting the empty data fields we may be encouraging those "fill all the boxes" people, to the detriment of good genealogy.
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Note that you can make most of them disappear if you're certain of the information, or are certain there is no middle name, no additional siblings, children, etc.
And as you note, they only appear on the private view -- for those who can edit.
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