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 > > > > > > -- > > 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. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3209/6558 - Release Date: 08/07/13 > > > > -- > 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