Author: Lauren Simonds
Calling it the biggest interface change in more than 10 years, FileMaker, Inc today released the latest version of its respected database software, FileMaker Pro 10. The software takes on a more dramatic look and feel designed, the company said, to streamline navigation, improve workflow and incorporate time-saving shortcuts.
The company made the changes based on research it conducted on the way people work with databases in real life, FileMaker's president Dominique Goupil said in a written statement. The result is a database that takes less time to build, requires a smaller learning curve and is even easier to use, according to Ryan Rosenberg, FileMaker's vice president of marketing.
"Forty percent of our customers are small businesses, and we wanted to take this beloved interface if an interface can be beloved and modernize it without losing what's familiar and comfortable for our customers," said Rosenberg. "We created a toolbar that takes the power in FileMaker Pro, unleashes it and makes it more accessible."
The redesign took the most frequently used FileMaker tasks, which in previous editions you could only access through the main menu, and placed them on the Status Toolbar. Now, said Rosenberg, common tasks such as adding or deleting a record or finding and sorting information take a single click.
"We took the functions in the menus and keystrokes and put them on the toolbar," he said. "The toolbars are smart enough to display the right information depending on the task at hand."
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