mobile

Decide: How will the interface look? (Part 4)

Decide: How will the interface look? (Part 4)

Practically speaking, how should an interface look? The answer is situational and depends upon your users. After all, when you design for a client, you are looking out for…

Decide: How do you structure content? (Part 3)

Decide: How do you structure content? (Part 3)

No matter what the content of your database is, having an established hierarchy is absolutely vital if you want the end users to successfully use the software—especially if one of your goals is to provide updates that are intuitive and do not require extensive retraining for your user base. The stakeholders must…

Benefits of Offline Syncing

Benefits of Offline Syncing

If your FileMaker database is hosted, accessing it requires a continuous internet connection both for the server or hard drive it’s hosted on, as well as for whichever device the end-user is accessing it through. But what happens if the end-user isn’t able to have…

Affordances and Signifiers

Affordances and Signifiers

At times, user interface design can feel like leading the proverbial horse to water: You can get them there, but that does not mean they are going to drink (or correctly use the software). To be clear: this may be caused by…