Most of my clients don’t notice the difference, except that getting to their FileMaker app is now just a matter of loading a Web page. WebDirect is a technology that translates a normal FileMaker database file into an HTML5 Web page that users can view and interact with in a Web browser.Īn app presented via WebDirect looks almost exactly as it would when viewed in FileMaker Pro. It was good but not great when it first appeared, but now it’s approaching what I might call “usability parity” with FileMaker Pro. I’m simply sending them a URL and moving them all to the Web, thanks to WebDirect.įileMaker’s WebDirect technology has been around for several years now. At least, they won’t need to install a new version of FileMaker Pro. One of the best things about FileMaker 16 is that I can upgrade my users without them realizing it at all.
I’m an independent developer who works only for my clients. However, I am not an employee of FileMaker Inc. Hello, WebDirect! - First, a bit of disclosure: I’m a certified FileMaker developer and a paying member of the FileMaker Business Alliance. Yes, the company has enhanced each in a few welcome ways, but the big news in this release is in technologies that are invisible to end users: FileMaker Server, WebDirect, and beyond. They are, respectively, the mobile and desktop clients used to run FileMaker databases. The just-released FileMaker 16 is the most significant update to the database platform in at least a decade, and yet most of the improvements have little to do with the company’s marquee products: FileMaker Go and FileMaker Pro.
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