# Give Development Feedback

**URL:** https://speciforum.org/c/feedback/75.md

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## [About the Give Development Feedback category](https://speciforum.org/t/about-the-give-development-feedback-category/385)

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**Author:** [@JimBeach](https://speciforum.org/u/JimBeach)\
**Replies:** 0

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Seeking feedback on the design of future Specify releases.

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## [Open Discussion on Biorepository Collection Data Management](https://speciforum.org/t/open-discussion-on-biorepository-collection-data-management/2321)

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**Author:** [@SpecifyMembership](https://speciforum.org/u/SpecifyMembership)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/open-discussion-on-biorepository-collection-data-management/2321 "2025-02-06T14:27:29Z")

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Curating frozen samples of tissues and molecular extracts, as well as their data, is a vital responsibility of modern research museums given the central role of molecular information in biodiversity inventory and phylo…

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## [Open Discussion on Associated Media Management in Specify 7](https://speciforum.org/t/open-discussion-on-associated-media-management-in-specify-7/2156)

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**Author:** [@Grant](https://speciforum.org/u/Grant)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/open-discussion-on-associated-media-management-in-specify-7/2156 "2024-12-19T16:26:50Z")

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Open Discussion on Associated Media Management in Specify 7 Meeting Recording Chat: Open Discussion on Asset Management in Specify 7 Chat.txt (28.6 KB) Transcript: Open Discussion on Asset Management in Specify 7 Trans…

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## [Developing Containers for Specify 7](https://speciforum.org/t/developing-containers-for-specify-7/578)

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**Author:** [@Grant](https://speciforum.org/u/Grant)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/developing-containers-for-specify-7/578 "2024-04-16T14:13:15Z")

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Hello Specificians, We receive regular requests to support “Containers” Specify 7. Containers mean different things to different collections and disciplines, some are physical, some are virtual. Some represent a two-le…

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## [Give Feedback: Record Merging in Specify 7](https://speciforum.org/t/give-feedback-record-merging-in-specify-7/939)

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**Author:** [@Grant](https://speciforum.org/u/Grant)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/give-feedback-record-merging-in-specify-7/939 "2023-06-12T13:28:53Z")

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Agent Merging Webinar Introducing Record Merging We are developing a new Record Merging feature that will be arriving in the coming months for all Specify 7 users! We are seeking feedback from the communit…

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## [Auto-removal of trailing spaces; I LOVE it](https://speciforum.org/t/auto-removal-of-trailing-spaces-i-love-it/1059)

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**Author:** [@HeatherC](https://speciforum.org/u/HeatherC)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/auto-removal-of-trailing-spaces-i-love-it/1059 "2023-03-01T12:56:40Z")

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Been spending a lot of time cleaning up taxon tree and authors. Some of our past errors have been from users who accidentally add spaces before/after the data entry. I LOVE to see those trailing spaces auto-removed. I’m…

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## [Seeking Feedback: New Vertical Navigation Menu](https://speciforum.org/t/seeking-feedback-new-vertical-navigation-menu/970)

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**Author:** [@Grant](https://speciforum.org/u/Grant)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/seeking-feedback-new-vertical-navigation-menu/970 "2023-02-07T20:31:27Z")

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Greetings Specificians, We are engineering a new and improved navigation menu for Specify 7 and we would like to gather the community’s thoughts and opinions before we launch this significant change! Vertical navigatio…

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## [Decimal Digit Changes in Specify 6.8.03](https://speciforum.org/t/decimal-digit-changes-in-specify-6-8-03/986)

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**Author:** [@Grant](https://speciforum.org/u/Grant)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/decimal-digit-changes-in-specify-6-8-03/986 "2023-01-12T14:04:02Z")

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Our Response To address the issues discussed by the community related to the double (floating point) to decimal field conversion during the 6.8.02 schema update, we plan to introduce changes in Specify 6.8.03 that addres…

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## [Optimal brower for Taxon tree edits](https://speciforum.org/t/optimal-brower-for-taxon-tree-edits/979)

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**Author:** [@HeatherC](https://speciforum.org/u/HeatherC)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/optimal-brower-for-taxon-tree-edits/979 "2023-01-09T23:04:56Z")

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Just an FYI (maybe) I usually use Chrome as my browser. I was using it for S7, and found interacting with the Taxon tree (especially scrolling) very laggy (VERY laggy). Today, I was playing around using different browse…

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## [Seeking New User-settable Preferences for Specify 7](https://speciforum.org/t/seeking-new-user-settable-preferences-for-specify-7/386)

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**Author:** [@JimBeach](https://speciforum.org/u/JimBeach)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/seeking-new-user-settable-preferences-for-specify-7/386 "2023-01-09T14:29:40Z")

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We are finalizing the set of new user preferences to add to the next Specify 7 release. These are in addition to Specify 6 user preferences that we will carry forward where appropriate. Here is a table of new user-setta…

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## [Statistics Panel for Specify 7](https://speciforum.org/t/statistics-panel-for-specify-7/828)

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**Author:** [@Grant](https://speciforum.org/u/Grant)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 11:08am UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/statistics-panel-for-specify-7/828 "2022-12-15T11:08:55Z")

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Dear Specificians – We are prospecting for ideas and suggestions for a new collections statistics panel we will be releasing soon in a Specify 7 update. We would value your input as to which stats you would like includ…

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## [Google Earth in Specify 7?](https://speciforum.org/t/google-earth-in-specify-7/557)

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**Author:** [@Grant](https://speciforum.org/u/Grant)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/google-earth-in-specify-7/557 "2022-07-22T01:42:15Z")

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Hi all, After our Specify 7.7 showcase today, we received a question about Google Earth support in 7. Currently, you can export a query with coordinates to KML (See Specify 7 Query Building) and open the export in Goog…
