by Bob | Nov 20, 2019 | Article, Blog, Claris, Design, FileMaker
Developing an app for a client, especially an enterprise system that runs a small company, can be a huge undertaking. It’s not surprising that most of us don’t really think very far past the development stage. The thing we forget is that for many users, this may be...
by Bob | Mar 28, 2019 | Article, Blog, Business, Design, FileMaker
A new post on ShockeyUX.com, in which Bob Shockey outlines the nuts & bolts of designing in FileMaker with a grid! https://shockeyux.com/traffic-control-designing-with-a-grid/
by Bob | Feb 27, 2019 | Article, Design
This is one of those articles that not only introduces a good beginning design technique, but subtly introduces the concepts of data hierarchy and keeping close to the original problem being solved – all wrapped up in a very accessible stream of consciousness. Nice!...
by Bob | Aug 29, 2018 | Blog, Custom Software Solutions, Design, FileMaker, Software For Business
Themes and styles are several years old now, and are baked pretty thoroughly into FileMaker’s Workplace Innovation Platform. They are extremely useful, allowing FileMaker developers to attain greater consistency, and also to create much more lightweight...
by Bob | May 19, 2017 | Article, Design, FileMaker
Hopefully, you have had time to check out some of the fantastic new features in FileMaker 16. One of the more useful features, from a development standpoint, is the Layout Objects palette. This shows you a hierarchy of objects placed on your layout, including fields,...
by Bob | Jun 19, 2015 | Article, Design, FileMaker
FileMaker Pro 14 offers us an exciting new database design feature: the ability to use SVG glyphs. As described below, this is a great advancement, equal in weight to the new Script Workspace and mobile browser support, IMO. But with a measly 147 default glyphs in the...
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