Designing for FileMaker Go

by Matt Petrowsky

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It's simply amazing, yet not unexpected, at how much the tablet world is finally taking off. I fondly remember purchasing my second Apple Newton and thinking, "Wow, this is so cool, it's like the movies and it's happening now."

While it's taken us a little under a decade to get there, it's certainly happening now - and the cool thing is, FileMaker can have a pretty strong role in the whole equation.

As much as FileMaker firmly planted itself in the world of desktop databases, it stands the chance to do the same in the world of mobile devices. It's just "way too easy" to make something useful and deploy it instantly with FileMaker Go.

Despite some of the redraw issues currently faced by FileMaker Go, it looks like there will be a ton of opportunities to create many of those solutions which businesses will be clamoring for.

To that end, it makes sense that you be familiar with what you can and can't do - and how you can take advantage of what FileMaker Go offers. So it is, with this video, that I present a nice collection of hints, tips and techniques about how to design for this rapidly expanding platform!