The document discusses innovative design and user experience strategies in FileMaker development, emphasizing feedback opportunities and interaction architecture. It showcases various technical considerations, including performance optimization and data management techniques, illustrated with demos and examples. Additionally, it highlights research and development in the field, with references to influential architectural projects and technology integration.

1. Engaging Design,
Snappy Users Experience,
& Creative User Interaction
Vincenzo Menanno
Director of FileMaker Development @ beezwax
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2. Design | Performance
Experience | Interaction
Architecture
Research & Development
Inspiration & Innovation (feature slam)
Rethink, Redefine, and Recreate
Feedback
Opportunity Moments
Information Snippet
Performance
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3. Providing Feedback
Easy Enhancements
Hover
Pressed
In Focus
Provide confirmation (flash dialogs)
Show Progress
Determinate
Indeterminate
Demo: Feedback
Demo: Notification
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4. Architecture
Zaha Hadid, Heydar Aliyev Centre
ID ID
To build something ID
truly great you have to challenge
yourself and use different materials.
Not your typical brick building.
The Most Complex Engineering Project in California History
new bay bridge
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5. FileMaker Architecture
Keys
Audit Fields
Data Fields
Calculation Fields
Summary Fields
CUSTOMER
ID
CREATED_BY
CREATED
MODIFIED_BY
MODIFIED
NAME
ADDRESS
CITY
STATE
ZIP
LAST_CONTACTED
NUMBER_OF_INVOICES
AVERAGE_INVOICE
SUM_INVOICES
Over time, new capabilities come along and we find
better ways to do things - conditional formatting!
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6. Architecture Considerations
Narrow Tables (load faster)
Fewer Fields (less mental load)
Stored Values (no dependencies)
Intersection of Perform Script on
Server and Transactions
Users can edit data
Server side scripts can update totals
CUSTOMER
ID
CREATED_BY
CREATED
MODIFIED_BY
MODIFIED
NAME
ADDRESS
CITY
STATE
ZIP
LAST_CONTACTED
NUMBER_OF_INVOICES
AVERAGE_INVOICE
SUM_INVOICES
CUSTOMER_STATS
ID
ID_CUSTOMER
LAST_CONTACTED
NUMBER_OF_INVOICES
AVERAGE_INVOICE
SUM_INVOICES
AUDIT
ID
ID_FOREIGN
CREATED_BY
TIMESTAMP
ACCOUNT
FIELD
VALUE
Users Scripted
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7. Stored
All stored values
UPDATE field is trigger
Expense is entered via transaction
Via Perform Script on Server
As fast as being on the LAN
Consistent for world wide users
Demo: Camping
BUDGET
ID
ID
EXPENSE
ID
ID_BUDGET
DATE
DESCRIPTION
AMOUNT
DESCRIPTION
BUDGET
EXPENSES
TOTAL_EXPENSES
BALANCE
UPDATE
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8. Research on Perform Script on Server ( see blog post )
ID
UPDATE
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9. Set up to have imports happen on server ( see blog post )
ID
UPDATE
Path to additional folder
Path to documents folder
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10. Opportunity Moments
What are they
Instagram (uploading large images)
Imports are great opportunity moments
Filling out a form (validation along the way)
Find your own opportunity moments
Blog post about imports on Server
Demo: Import ( on server )
Take Picture
Choose Filter
time
Add Text
time
Send
send picture
Take Picture
Choose Filter
send picture
Add Text
keep sending
Send
its already there
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11. NoSub-Summary (not only sub-summary)
Pros
Improved Performance
Dispatch them (and get back to work)
Build your own cache
Cons
Complex sub-summary reports
Overload Perform Script on Server
Demo: Baby Names (on server)
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12. NoSub-Summary
(not only sub-summary)
Location State Year Normal Sub-
Oakland ( 33.2 miles away ) … 5,552,452 Summary
t
records
Fake Sub-
Summary
Percen
All All 396 217 45,2 %
Oakland ( 33.2 miles away ) … 347,231
records
CA All 27 12 55,6 %
Oakland ( 33.2 miles away ) … 273,134
records
NY All 23 11 52,2 %
Oakland ( 33.2 miles away ) … 611,163
records
All 1980…1989 55 24 56,4 %
Oakland ( 33.2 miles away ) … 1,895,534
records
All 1910…1959 163 72 55,8 %
Oakland ( 33.2 miles away ) … 3,285,808
records
All 1960…2009 236 135 42,8 %
51,3 %
France ( 5554 miles away ) … 5,552,452
records
All All 820 260 68,3 %
France ( 5554 miles away ) … 347,231
records
CA All 58 15 74,1 %
France ( 5554 miles away ) … 273,134
records
NY All 55 15 72,7 %
France ( 5554 miles away ) … 611,163
records
All 1980…1989 115 26 77,4 %
France ( 5554 miles away ) … 1,895,534
records
All 1910…1959 287 138 51,9 %
France ( 5554 miles away ) … 3,285,808
records
All 1960…2009 460 131 71,5 %
69,3 %
Palo Alto ( LAN ) … 5,552,452 records All All 180 220 -22,2 %
Palo Alto ( LAN ) … 347,231 records CA All 12 15 -25,0 %
Palo Alto ( LAN ) … 273,134 records NY All 8 12 -50,0 %
Palo Alto ( LAN ) … 611,163 records All 1980…1989 20 20 0,0 %
Palo Alto ( LAN ) … 1,895,534 records All 1910…1959 58 75 -29,3 %
Palo Alto ( LAN ) … 3,285,808 records All 1960…2009 198 133 32,8 %
-15,6 %
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13. Send SMS from FileMaker
Blog post by Jeff England on designingfilemaker.com
FILEMAKER
TWILIO
SMS
Using Insert from URL
Is server compatible
Twilio.com
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14. Receive SMS messages SMS
Stephane Thomas & Vincenzo Menanno (beezwax)
Twilio.com
Siri Integration
Get Information Snippets
Create Data
Demo: Twilio
TWILIO
Process
RUBY
Process & Filtering
FILEMAKER
Action
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15. Research and Development
El Buli
Bell Labs
Experiment
Feature Slam
What if you combined (feature slam)
OnScriptTimer & Visibility Calculation
Demo: Timed Visibility
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16. Links to inspire you
Architecture
- The New Bay Bridge
- Heydar Aliyev Centre
Research & Development
- Bell Labs
- Ted Talk about Superconductivity
- Ted Talk about Rethink, Redesign, Recreate
- El Buli Cooking in Progress
Transactions
- Todd Geist great blog post about Transactions
- El Buli Cooking in Progress
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17. And that is ...
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