[AccessD] Better Looking Buttons

Arthur Fuller fuller.artful at gmail.com
Thu Aug 8 11:12:59 CDT 2013


Then let Richard and Selwyn know how you feel, Tony. That's the best advice
I can offer. Incidentally, I am forwarding your message to them.

Arthur


On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Tony Septav <TSeptav at uniserve.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
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