[AccessD] Better Looking Buttons

Depends on your target.  

Android only, I'd go with B4A.  

Android and iDevice, something else, don't know enough about the current Alpha to 
determine if it is a suitable choice for a non-data based app on both OSs.


-- 
Stuart

On 7 Aug 2013 at 15:59, Rocky Smolin wrote:

> I've got a full Alpha as well as Basic 4 Android.  If I wanted to develop a
> fairly simple app, no database, to deploy on tablet and phone, which one
> would be best to learn?
> 
> R
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John R Bartow
> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 9:06 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Better Looking Buttons
> 
> Arthur,
> Good job! I've had a client ask me to upgrade an app "so its work like a
> browser does".
> jb
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 7:03 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [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
> >
> > -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> > Fra: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Rocky Smolin
> > 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
> > 858-259-4334
> > www.bchacc.com <http://www.bchacc.com/> www.e-z-mrp.com 
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> > Skype: rocky.smolin
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