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Where go thou, UX?
A colleague, Alain Stouder of Smartway, shared a link to an interesting article by Bret Victor, “A Brief Rant On the Future Of Interactive Design“. The article intends to make us think about our tools and what technology might become to better serve our needs. As I read I got to thinking about the work of Edward Tufte and Don Norman. Sure enough, the rant included links to other articles by Bret Victor that references Tufte in an article or two, and I have little doubt that Dr. Norman’s work is represented as well. Here are...
read morePHP undefined index and the common app
There is a PHP error message so common that the web-o-sphere is littered with literally thousands of posts asking what it means. Dozens of WordPress plugins are affected as well as untold numbers of other applications written in PHP. I encountered this error in PHP apps so often that I have avoided PHP with almost a religious fervor. Today I think I understand the problem. The PHP user base is constantly asking what these error/alert/notices mean. By and large these questions go unanswered. That indicates an unhealthy state of affairs for the...
read moreFrench Omnis Developers meet Molu Software Update
Jacques Zemron will demonstrate the Molu Software Update service to the French Omnis Developers meeting under way today and tomorrow. Molu Software Update is a web service that provides quick and timely updates of applications written in Omnis Studio from TigerLogic. The service enables the applications to add and update code, database and related files, as well as providing the developer with end user access control. TigerLogic is presenting the newest tools and features of the Omnis Studio 5.2 application development suite to the group. A...
read moreCode Inspections… Do they work?
Here is a link to an interesting article about Code Inspections. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagan_inspection Basically, the idea behind it is that you would take a random subset of specifications (usually about 5%) and have a team of 2-5 inspectors that were qualified to review the article and that would give a figure of the overall errors in the document. Agile SQC Process Entry Conditions • A group of two, or more, suitable people* to carry out Agile SQC is assembled in a meeting. • The people have sufficient time to complete an Agile...
read moreODB Admin Tool updated
Alan has been working hard on upgrading his application to Omnis Studio v5, which is all unicode. Part of this effort is to update the Omnis Data Bridge Administration Tool to support Mac OS X Lion. You can download the latest by logging onto the issue tracker. Once there, set the Project Selector to the ODB Admin Tool project, and click on Docs. Add comments and questions to issue 2474. Add new issues for bugs and feature request. This is a community project. If you use the ODB Admin Tool, please contribute fixes, features and documentation...
read moreODB Admin Tool policy updated
The ODB Admin Tool is a software module for applications based on the Omnis Studio development kit. It provides a tidy user experience for those using the built-in Omnis database technology in a multi-user setting. The project is open source, but development is privately managed. In the past we asked developers to pay US$300 if they deployed it. Over time it became clear that the requirement wasn’t adding value, so we have dropped that policy. We now encourage developers to find ways to contribute regardless of how you use it. This may...
read moreBookmans Entertainment Exchange
Arizona’s most eclectic book store selected Mophilly to elaborate the company’s unique customer loyalty system, built upon their legendary customer service. We delighted to be invited to work with the great staff there. if you have never been to Bookmans, make time for a visit. You won’t be disappointed.
read moreConnected Accounting Goes Mobile with Mophilly
Alan Schmidt, technical master mind behind Connected Accounting, selected Mophilly Technology as a prime development partner for his company’s mobile initiative. The preview of the first modules received very positive feedback at the MacWorld show in January 2011. For more information about Connected Accounting, please visit the AccountTek...
read more2011 IT Budget
Value Solution with Omnis for Mobile Apps We’ve been working on our personal iOS apps and Android projects. It’s clear that Mobile is here. Mobile Apps are a Huge Opportunity and Headache. Lots of devices, lots of kinds of devices, lots of databases and interfaces. For a small company needing a unique custom app-we think Omnis Studio can offer a value solution. It’s a fast way to make simple mobile apps that function on all kinds of devices and on the three desktop platforms: Linux, OSX, and Windows. Further, Omnis reads...
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