Custom Function Database - Part 6
There comes a time when every great database must acquire a brand new look. This really applies if you’ve never even given your database a user interface or you’re looking to revamp the one you currently have.
The best place to start, I find, is with the “primary objective” of the interface. In fact, I would argue that it’s best to focus on the number 1,2 and 3 aspects or goals of the user interface. I do this for every single layout being designed. By doing this before you start to throw fields on the layout, you afford yourself the ability to keep things simple before getting too complex. Many of the most popular products and software interfaces start out super simple.
Some of them become bloatware, like many of the Microsoft Office products, but they had a good foundation when it came to how users have learned to use them.
In this video, we take a look at starting the user interface for our Custom Function database. I provide some foundation and the basis for how I approach the process and showcase how I implement based on the decisions I’ve made.
Comments
Windows Only
I'm Windows only, what functionality is missing because of that? I had to quite replicating the software around part 3 or 4. Are there any work arounds to acquire the missing functionality?
Theme Colours - opacity, themes, web rendering
Hi Matt,
I like the tip for using opacity rather than color shades in themes. Do you know how this works when using web-direct? Is this technique adding weight or may it cause web-direct to render more slowly than defining colours? Any thoughts?
All the best
Ben
Opacity settings are a normal part of the web
Things should work out just fine with Web Direct. FileMaker does a good job of replicating what is set in FileMaker Layouts to the web. Of course, I don't use Web Direct a whole lot myself - so, there may be nuances.
Hello
Can't seem to get Videos 5 6 or 9 to download