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On 14/12/2025 12:04, Martin Τrautmann wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 09:55:37 +1300, Helpful Harry wrote:
>> AppleInsoder.com has a fairly long article about FileMaker / FileMaker
>> Pro. It is "time limted" and you are meant to subscribe to their email
>> newsletter to read the article, but just entering a fake email address
>> will do though.
> 
> Thanks for sharing this link. It told me some interesting news about the
> history before.
> 
> My own enthusiasm had started with Filemaker 2.1. I then used .fp3 for a
> very long time, until it was not feasible on my ancient MacOS versions.
> Up to MacOS 10 and .fp7.
> 
> I then had to migrate to .fmp12, still a 2023 release.
> 
> But I feel more and more estranged. I don't agree with its trend to
> become a web application - since it's just not really efficient for
> that. It lacks all the modularity which can be accomplished via a
> commandline interface - or did I miss any new developments that you
> could do relationship-building from the CLI?
> 
> The GUI is great - but it's also cumbersone.
> 
> I mostly use FMP for actual data handling - and this would require what
> I always nag about
> 
> * better spreadsheet like operation: I use the table view many times,
>    since it is so efficient and flexible
> * multi cell copy/paste
> * real regex operation
> * while going more for spreadsheet, I would expext the power of charts,
>    as it is common in LibreOffice Calc or Excel.
> 
> FMP can do much, but it's very little what they can do well. It does not
> stand out for operations where you know SQL, XML etc.


I must have started with version 1.0 from Claris. That program was 
really great.

But, sorry to burst your bubble, with each new version, FileMaker's 
interface has become cumbersome and inconsistent, almost unusable, not 
to mention the bugs and crashes.


For me, FM stopped to be a descent app in 2010/2012.




-- 
kurtz le pirate
compagnie de la banquise

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Article: Inside FileMaker Pro - the massive hit few realize is Apple's Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2025-12-13 09:55 +1300
  Re: Article: Inside FileMaker Pro - the massive hit few realize is Apple's Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2025-12-14 12:04 +0100
    Re: Article: Inside FileMaker Pro - the massive hit few realize is Apple's kurtz le pirate <kurtzlepirate@free.fr> - 2025-12-14 17:38 +0100
      Re: Article: Inside FileMaker Pro - the massive hit few realize is Apple's Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2025-12-15 11:00 +1300

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