Quoting CharlieM:

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(...) which in most cases would be the name after the last space.

That depends largely on the definition of most. With most as in more than 50 percent, I would agree. With most as in almost all except a negligible minority, I would strongly disagree.

Quoting scotthm:

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Quoting hal9g:

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I'm still trying to figure out where in the program you can actually sort the actor list by last name.

The program sorts them by last name automatically in the cast/crew filter lists and in the name lists used in adding/editing profile cast & crew.  I like it that way.  That would be lost with a single name field.

But of course you already know this.

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Hmm...that's interesting.  When you are adding a person to the cast or crew list, don't you simply add the name you see on the screen into the name field without identifying first middle or last name?  As long as the name is found in the list (or not, if it doesn't yet exist), I see no usefulness whatsoever, in listing them alphabetically by last name.  It makes no difference at all.

On the cast/crew filter, it lists every match using full-string search of what you've typed so far, so once again, I see no loss of functionality there.  Personal preference I can understand.  But I would prefer to eliminate the parsing problems rather than be concerned about a personal preference that does not affect how the program actually works.

Quoting hal9g:

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I would prefer to eliminate the parsing problems rather than be concerned about a personal preference that does not affect how the program actually works.

Noted.


Quoting TheMadMartian:

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Ken has chosen to err on the side of 'personal preference' because of, as I understand it, the ability to export Profiler data and use it in other ways.

And a good decision it was, IMO.

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Ummm, are you referring to the XML export of data? There is nothing in the XML export of the profiler data which depends on (or is even aware of, really) the details of actor/crew names. They are reported, but the ordering is always in profile order...

If I'm thinking of the wrong export, my apologies...

Ah, I see. Thanks.

Quoting scotthm:

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Quoting hal9g:

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And so we're stuck with... a useless linking system.

Certainly a flawed one.

I can think of several program enhancements I'd place at a higher priority than a new name linking system though.

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If it fails to link 100% of profiles with the same actor, it is useless, IMHO.  This isn't rocket science.

I can only think of one program enhancement that I think is more important; the ability to profile multiple films on a single side of a disc.