Re: OS X Database Recommendations (wasRe: Virus Software Recommendation)

2004-09-25 Thread Mikael Byström
Bruce Johnson said: For what it is, a simple, easy-to-use DB system for people who don't have gigantic needs, FM is excellent, Try extremely simple needs. And give up a proper normalized structure. Unless something big happened in version 7. But no reviews have metnioned anything that could

Re: OS X Database Recommendations (was: Virus Software Recommendation)

2004-09-24 Thread Mikael Byström
Dan Scanlan said: Panorama, the most intuitive database program I've ever come across, works fine for me on OSX 3.5. What are the costs involved and are there learning materials like books or CDs? I've heard good things about Panorama for a long time, but I avoided because it was RAMbased.

Re: OS X Database Recommendations (wasRe: Virus Software Recommendation)

2004-09-24 Thread Mikael Byström
Erik Ness said: I use FM a lot, and keep an ear to the ground in the developer community, and this is a very nice piece of software. You mean you now at leisure can have multiple (more than 3) related databases on one layout without jumping trough rings while singin the marseljes like in a

Re: OS X Database Recommendations(wasRe: Virus Software Recommendation)

2004-09-24 Thread Mikael Byström
Laurent Daudelin said: I personally use AppleWorks. It has the same hurriedly ported to OS X feeling but it's easy to modify and use, and it was free with my PowerBook! But it's not a proper relational database (AW has a flat database only) and unless your demands are extremely simple, that

Re: OS X Database Recommendations (wasRe: Virus Software Recommendation)

2004-09-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 24, 2004, at 10:59 AM, Mikael Byström wrote: Erik Ness said: I use FM a lot, and keep an ear to the ground in the developer community, and this is a very nice piece of software. You mean you now at leisure can have multiple (more than 3) related databases on one layout without jumping

Re: OS X Database Recommendations (was: Virus Software Recommendation)

2004-09-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Wednesday, September 22, 2004, at 06:47 PM, Bob wrote: The National Enquirer reports at 9:56 PM +0100 9/22/04, walter wrote: - just another quick question: anyone knows of a nice database program with a nice OS X interface? The Apple website has some inviting screenshots of Filemaker 7 that

Re: OS X Database Recommendations (was: Virus Software Recommendation)

2004-09-23 Thread Dan Scanlan
You might want to take a look a ProVUE's database program Panorama. I have not used it under OS X, but the references below should give you a feel for its usefulness. FWIW I have used Panorama and its predecessor OverVUE since the early days of the Mac (1984). Panorama, the most intuitive

Re: OS X Database Recommendations (was: Virus Software Recommendation)

2004-09-23 Thread Tim Hodgson
Not sure if this has already been mentioned, but one of the current 'topics' at macintouch.com is databases for OSX. TimH -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished

OS X Database Recommendations (was: Virus Software Recommendation)

2004-09-22 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 9:56 PM +0100 9/22/04, walter wrote: - just another quick question: anyone knows of a nice database program with a nice OS X interface? The Apple website has some inviting screenshots of Filemaker 7 that seemed to suggest this version was going to be more OS