Tony Septav
TSeptav at Uniserve.com
Thu Aug 8 10:41:38 CDT 2013
Hey Rocky I bought into Alpha Five and everything Arthur has said is true, it blows the socks off of Access (what ever version). The only problem I find with the company, is once they have you hooked they want you to upgrade to their new products at a "price". I have seen this before and I do not like it. Tony Septav Nanaimo, BC Canada -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: August-07-13 11:22 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Better Looking Buttons OK - that's the kind of advice I was looking for. I wanted to go for tuba, but it went with a divorce so I dropped that idea. 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 4:24 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Better Looking Buttons Were I you, I'd go with a woodwind next ;-) -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 6:00 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Better Looking Buttons 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 > <http://www.e-z-mrp.com/> > Skype: rocky.smolin > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Arthur Cell: 647.710.1314 Prediction is difficult, especially of the future. -- Niels Bohr -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com ----- No virus found in this message. 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