[AccessD] Better Looking Buttons

You are right about that Gustav! I have tended to go for the "URL-like"
path in recent apps, and it seems to work. Users surf the net constantly
and the more they surf, the better they appreciate my efforts to resemble
that experience.

Speaking of which, you have to check out the trial of Alpha Anywhere. This
is the killer app for multi-platform (desk, web, tablet, phone)
development. You can get a trial at alphasoftware.com. I think there is no
better development platform than this.


On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 5:36 AM, Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:

> Hi Rocky
>
> Except if your current buttons are ugly, which I guess not, you should
> advise him to spend his limited time on more important things - items that
> will raise productivity for example.
> Users want neat not fancy design, and 3D buttons are so much yesterday -
> like those of Access 1.x and 2.0. Even Apple with their revised UI design
> for the next iPhone knows this.
>
> I still recall the ugly standard buttons Borland came up with in Delphi ...
> those with a big green checkmark and a big red cross cartoon-style overlay
> for the OK and Cancel buttons.
>
> /gustav
>
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> Sendt: 7. august 2013 02:35
> Til: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Emne: [AccessD] Better Looking Buttons
>
> Dear List:
>
> A client writes: "I would like to try and make the various buttons more
> three dimensional looking.  Examples from Apple are in Exhibit K.  Can we
> do
> something like this?"
>
> He's looking to give the command buttons a little sizzle.  He's considering
> making the app I wrote to run his business into a commercial app.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> MTIA
>
> Rocky Smolin
> Beach Access Software
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