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I haven't seen anything that beats the UI and UX of FileMaker Pro from the 90s.

• nxobject 2y ago
  Truthfully, given the backwards compatibility of Windows and Wine, you could still get away in this day and age with sticking with it as a solution.
• octopoc 2y ago
  Has FileMaker Pro changed / improved / worsened significantly since then? The latest release is FileMaker Pro 2023.
  • detourdog 2y ago
    It has created a how complex layer under the simplicity to better compete with databases. It’s a great environment but they seem to cater to experts more than people need to Crete a database for their own use. It is great deployment platform for offices based on FileMaker/database workflows.
• buescher 2y ago
  Agreed if FileMaker would do what you needed. 1990s FileMaker was not really relational, right? To be painfully fair to Microsoft, Access was more powerful and did a nice job of balancing capability and UX. For many contemporary use cases where one might have used FileMaker in the nineties, there’s SharePoint lists and PowerBI.
  • CharlesW 2y ago
    > FileMaker was not really relational, right? Not until v3 (1995) or v7 (2004), depending on how low your bar is.