Some annoyances with FTM

There are two (apparent) deficiencies in the Family View of FTM that really

Claude...

That's exactly the sort of functionality I'm looking for!

annoy me. First, it isn't possible to tell without further clicks whether
(a) a child has married and/or had offspring, or (b) whether the parents and
which child, if any, is the direct ancestor of the main person of interest
(in my case, me). Second, it isn't possible to tell without further clicks
if there are any Notes on the husband or wife. In fact you have to do two
clicks, i.e. Edit/Notes, to find out if there's any info there. I'm
therefore wondering what program might enable me to get this info 'at a
glance' or with the minimum number of clicks? I'm using FTM 2006 but IIRC
earlier versions had the same annoying limitations.

Hugh Watkins...

you can take a tree or outline genealogy report on screen in FTM 13 and
use it to navigate

by double clicking any name to get at the data entry dialogue box

Hugh W

John...

Legacy has visual indicators for marriage and children.

I use the "set preferred child" flag to mark direct-line ancestors.

f/fgeorge...

TMG, The Master Genealogist, has boxes on screen that can show
different things. One of the standard ones is the main person in a
large box on the left half of the screen and then 2 smaller boxes to
the right showing their brothers and sisters on the top and their
children below.
There is a trial version you can try.