Comments on: My Uses For Bento 2

By: Florian

Florian — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:30:39 +0000

Hi Stearns,
gladly; but you’ll be disappointed – I didn’t try very hard with this one, it’s just a starting point:
I’m simply using four Text Fields: Song Title – Show Title – Composer – Notes.
Besides that, just make a list of things you want to record about the sheet music and create additional fields. Check out all the other field types Bento provides to see which ones you might want to use: like Checkbox and Choice fields.
Make sure you read the electronic user guide (Help menu). Have fun!

By: Stearns

Stearns — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:58:29 +0000

Hey there! I’m a brand-new Bento user and will be using it primarily to catalog sheet music, like you said above. I’d love to take a look at your template for that library to see what information you gather and in what format!

By: Florian

Florian — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:40 +0000

Hi Sandra,
thanks for your heads-up!
Everyone will have a different opinion about what constitutes an upgrade and what doesn’t. If you don’t get the features that YOU expect then you’d like to see more…
but I tend to agree that at least there should have been more new convenience features in the upgrade, that would give the advanced user more flexibility, like an option to turn off the “grid” on a form to place fields freely, and also font style options within text fields. And many more.
I do think that stuff like that would satisfy users much more.
Second, I would hope to see more free maintenance releases which would make the program more stable, secure, and might add some small enhancements. That, too, would make users happier, Filemaker would slowly gain their trust and people would look more favorably at the next bigger upgrade.
Unfortunately, Apple is known for charging the full upgrade price for their lower-priced software. But I would still like to see loyalty pricing.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:04:26 +0000

I’m bummed I didn’t know about Black Friday! However, I tried Bento 2 and liked some of the features that made my life easier, so I got it off of Amazon.com for $44.99. I’d still like to see more in an upgrade.

Thanks for taking over the site.

At the moment, I use Bento mostly to organize the contact information for my students.

I’m getting ready to transfer the dvd, video information I have in excel files into Bento.

By: Florian

Florian — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:47:03 +0000

Welcome, Denmark!
You’re welcome, Jens. Yes, if you use iCal Events for all your appointments, the possibility for regular and smart collections is endless. And it’s so much easier to find certain events. More examples I’m using myself:
Any purchases I make
All data of my business trips (I’m a freelance German interpreter)
Any collections that divide special events by date ranges (or simply by calendar years)
And don’t forget: you can go many levels deep when you define a smart collection.

I’m also using iCal Tasks collections:
Whenever I have to take a migraine pill to get statistics for the doctor…
Any tasks that have to be done at home to keep things running smoothly: changing any kind of filter, batteries in smoke detectors, light bulbs burning out, etc.
In the latter case I use a regular collection and enter data directly in that collection.

Finally, it’s so nice that each collection can have a totally different template (look).

By: Jens Rasmussen

Jens Rasmussen — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:43:00 +0000

(Collections under iCal Events:)
Great, you just inspired me right there. Thanks!
I have added some smart collections to keep track of my teaching in an easy way.