Family Tree Maker 2008, released in August, has been a big disappointment to many long time users of the popular genealogy software program (see user comments here and here). While I (and many others) feel that some of this response should have come well before the program was publicly released, The Generations Network (TNG) now appears to be dedicated to fixing known bugs, and addressing many user complaints and requests. They openly admit that they are going in a new direction with this latest version, and all requested changes may not make it into this or later versions of the software, but many issues - such as program speed, and the lack of many basic reports and charts and stand-alone book publishing are being addressed in an update due out later this month or in future updates to come. To learn more about the issues being (and not being) addressed, check out the Family Tree Maker Update on the official Ancestry Blog. The company is also offering a free Family Tree Maker Webinar on October 25th in "an effort to increase communication between the Family Tree Maker team and our customers."