"Pro" has been dropped from the name.

I've only had time for a very quick look, but it appears to have only a ridiculous monthly plan pricing system and no option to buy the app
normally.

It also looks like Claris are trying to turn FileMaker into more than
just a database app by shoehorning in stuff from their Connect app
development system. The likely result will be that it becomes messy and over-complicated, and probably losing what made it such a great
*database* app to use in the first place. :o(



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use the platform they already know to deliver powerful
custom apps to more than 1.3 million active users faster
than ever before. With FileMaker 19, developers can:

* Create in a snap with plug-and-play add-ons
Use add-ons like Kanban boards and photo galleries to
snap together robust apps faster than ever before, or
leverage JavaScript, web services, native FileMaker
code and more to create sharable add-ons to sell in the
Claris Marketplace.

* Use readily-available JavaScript libraries
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custom code to directly embed maps, animated graphics,
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On 2020-05-20 22:48:59 +0000, Helpful Harry said:

"Pro" has been dropped from the name.

I've only had time for a very quick look, but it appears to have only a ridiculous monthly plan pricing system and no option to buy the app
normally.

Nope, I was wrong. Further investigation finds that you can still buy individual licenses (US$540) from the Claris webstore, where it's still
called "FileMaker Pro 19": <https://store.claris.com/individuals>


Helpful Harry :o)

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On Thu, 21 May 2020 10:48:59 +1200, Helpful Harry wrote:

It also looks like Claris are trying to turn FileMaker into more than
just a database app by shoehorning in stuff from their Connect app development system. The likely result will be that it becomes messy and over-complicated, and probably losing what made it such a great
*database* app to use in the first place. :o(

Yeah, nothing that would motivate me to get this new version.

I do neither see improvements for manual data entry, nor for data
security or tracking of data changes. I guess there is a market for this
trend where FMP aims at, I just don't recognize it.

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On Thu, 21 May 2020 10:48:59 +1200, Helpful Harry wrote:

It also looks like Claris are trying to turn FileMaker into more than
just a database app by shoehorning in stuff from their Connect app development system. The likely result will be that it becomes messy and over-complicated, and probably losing what made it such a great
*database* app to use in the first place. :o(

Today the spam came in, claiming

+++
Claris International Inc.
„Das ist die größte Sensation seit FileMaker 7. Die Software führt
mehrere entscheidende Paradigmenwechsel in die Plattform ein.“
– Todd Geist, Geist Interactive
+++

biggest sensation since FMP7? Yes, I do see a change of paradigm.

But is this that important?

FMP7 had the changes to multiple tables within a single file. Yes, this
was a significant change. But what now?

* Use readily-available JavaScript libraries
Use readily-available JavaScript libraries or create
custom code to directly embed maps, animated graphics,
data visualization, and more into their apps.

Some time ago, FMP announced SQL support - but what it did to it was
crippled so much, I really doubt it will have reasonable JS support.

However, the chart capabilities looked nice. I'll have a look into it.

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On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:25:14 +0200, Martin Τrautmann wrote:

However, the chart capabilities looked nice. I'll have a look into it.

And over again - it does require at least MacOS 10.14.

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Martin ?rautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> wrote:

And over again - it does require at least MacOS 10.14.

Yes, I'm stuck with this "planned obsolescence" too...
powerfull hardware that can't be upgraded, Applications that won't
support older OSes, older Application that won't read newer documents
and newer Application that won't save in older formats, etc.

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On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 11:05:01 +0200, Aladino wrote:

Martin ?rautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> wrote:

And over again - it does require at least MacOS 10.14.

Yes, I'm stuck with this "planned obsolescence" too...
powerfull hardware that can't be upgraded, Applications that won't
support older OSes, older Application that won't read newer documents
and newer Application that won't save in older formats, etc.

I feel it's difficult to keep a version compatible with each hardware or
MacOS version.

Skipping Rosetta code was somehow ok for my still current FMP11 -
although something should have been done at that time to repair .xls
export.

So I do not really expect the old FMP11 to run on a new MacOS (one of
the reasons why I still do stick to MacOS 10.10).

However, building a new FMP which does not run on old MacOS, that's more annoying. I don't know the reasons.

It will absolutely prevent me from buying a new FMP version at that
stage, when it is obvious that Apple will jump to a perfectly new
chipset in the future.

Maybe a cloud service will permit to use FMP both on old and new Apple hardware, even better than the current setup. Maybe a monthly fee will
prove cheaper than a one-time purchase, which will be useless with the
next computer.

But currently FMP will have to prove this guess - and from the former experience I do not feel that they do mind very much about customers' satisfaction or well known problems or expectations.

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