We are testing versions of Studio Manager to see if there are any gotchas to running the brand new and fabulous FileMaker Pro 11. Initial testing shows that running Studio Manager 10 unmodified will entail some misbehavior. Until we’ve tested Studio Manager 10 extensively under FileMaker 11, we recommend against upgrading. We typically take 30-45 days to do this testing.
If you are as eager as we are, though, we recommend you get FileMaker 11 or the trial version and play with it, even test a copy of your version of Studio Manager with it as long as you have Studio Manager 7 or higher. The charting feature alone may prove invaluable for your business. We’ll be very interested in your discoveries and will document and publish what we learn. What we don’t recommend is taking your production version of Studio Manager and running it under FileMaker 11 before some serious testing has been done. This is your valuable, mission-critical data after all.
You need OS X 10.5.7 Leopard or higher to run FileMaker 11 and 10.6 Snow Leopard is recommended. Keep an eye on this blog for breaking news relative to both FileMaker 11 and Studio Manager. The Look and feel of the product has a major yet very subtle upgrade going on. End-user charting is there.
Expect a quick release of Studio Manager 10.1 to quickly take advantage of new feature low-hanging fruit and nip any problems in the bud.
I’m tweeting my initial impressions and thoughts on tokerud.
I will be posting at least one article to my FileMaker Fever blog today on FileMaker 11 new features.
Hi folks. Just a quick note. We are still getting requests for upgrades to Studio Manager 10. And, we are offering a 15% off discount from our posted prices both new purchases and upgrades. You can take 15% off anything you see on our Pricing and Upgrades price tables.
Just a few minutes ago, we decided to extend the 25% off sale to January 15. We were a little late getting Studio Manager 10 out the door, releasing it on December 22nd. A little too close to Christmas for a lot of people. When we sent out notifications, we got a lot of gone for the holidays notices. Under the circumstances, we are really happy with the response to our sale.
And, we are pretty sure more of you want to upgrade to Studio Manager 10 but need a little extra time to evaluate the demo which didn’t come out until December 23. Some of you may want to deduct this expense in 2010 rather than the less than stellar 2009. Whatever the reason, contact us by phone 415 789-5219 or email Janet to discuss your questions or place an order.
The Studio Manager 10 Demo is up and available on the Demo tab above at the far right. If you have any problems, questions at all, please let me know. You will find good help in the ReadMe document that is included in the demo folder that you download and unzip. Things like what’s the user name and password are included there.
It will take some time to update all the screenshots here on our site and also in the Demo Manual and Getting Started Manuals. Probably mid-January. Sorry, but we can’t start them until the product is done and these are serious and hopefully very good manuals. We trust that the Studio Manager 9.2 versions of the manuals will tide you over. And, if you find something confusing, don’t hesitate to call or email me personally.
One more thing, if you put Studio Manager or SM in the subject line, it turns red for me in Apple Mail and makes it easier for me to see your request.
Janet Tokerud
415 789-5219
My Email
Studio Manager 10 is available for purchase today. See our in-progress Studio Manager 10 tab above for more details plus about 10 blog posts below for details about some of the new features.
We are working furiously to have the Studio Manager 10 demo ready for download some time today. Just click the demo tab for more information and a download link.
It will help us keep in touch and know what’s going on if you fill out the contact information form there. But if you are already on our mailing list and don’t want to bother, you can type x’s or dashes through the required fields and still get the free demo and/or documentation. Our favorite field for you to fill in correctly is the email address. But please, suit yourself.
We are listing our regular prices on the Pricing and Upgrades tabs above, but please apply a 25% discount to what you see for the number of users you need if you plan on purchasing by December 31st!
To purchase now, just email your card details split between 2 emails for luck along with your basic contact information. Calling too for emphasis is always good – just leave a voicemail. You can leave your card details on voice mail if you prefer. The phone is in a secure location. Leave your phone if you don’t mind in case we have a question for you. We do need your exact name on the card and expiration.
FileMaker 10 has this fabulous new user-modifiable tool bar the way other modern programs do. The only issue is that it takes up a whole bunch of height that used to be available for the database screen on smaller screens like the 13 inch Macbook, Macbook Pro and Macbook Air. We love the new tool bar but it ruins Studio Manager’s aspect ratio.
Until now. We did the large amount of work to not only widen all of Studio Manager’s entry screens, prompts and list views to make up for what got lost in height, but we re-designed everything to use the space well. Designers know how long this takes. Thank Scout for most of this re-design work. She spent many, many hours doing one screen at a time. There are over 50 screens in all. Thanks Scout!
