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Posted by Paul Korm
Mar 16, 2014 at 04:19 PM
This blog
composed by Thomas Unterstenhöfer has a detailed, interesting series of articles on data base approaches for iPad. I like the article in the series on creating a “paperless” database and workflow with TapForms, which I’ve been using as a replacement for Bento.
Thomas’ TapForms article is here
http://inotes4you.com/2014/03/12/go-paperless-with-tap-forms/
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Mar 16, 2014 at 05:41 PM
My last article for Mac Appstorm was a comparison of TapForms with Bento (since Bento has been discontinued by Filemaker). It may be of interest for those looking for more information about TF:
http://mac.appstorm.net/reviews/productivity-review/tap-forms-a-solid-alternate-to-filemakers-bento/
Steve Z.
P.S. Appstorm has closed, but the website is still available, at least for a while.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Mar 16, 2014 at 06:09 PM
And just to be clear, my review of TapForms is for the Mac, not the iPad version.
Steve Z.
Posted by Hugh
Mar 17, 2014 at 10:15 AM
(Slightly OT.) Related to this and to ambitions for paperlessness and document portability - I’ve recently found that the comparatively new Fujitsu Scansnap ix500 scanner and its associated software are pretty good. Today one gulps a little at the price of a home-office computer peripheral that costs £350 or so (forgetting perhaps that little more than a decade ago a decent desktop computer cost well over £1,000).
But compared with rival systems or older Fujitsus, in my opinion the Scansnap has three key advantages: it’s at least 20 per cent faster, not just in scanning but also OR-ing (and it feels faster still), its document feeder seems to be a step-up in effectiveness (compared with previous models which regularly ‘bit off more than they could chew’), and it can scan directly via Wi-fi to a tablet or smartphone (as you prepare to dash out of the office to the next appointment).