We are on the verge of releasing a new version of Studio Manager. It will require FileMaker Pro 9 and take advantage of some of its unique new features like conditional formatting. We hope to have some screenshots up on our studio-manager.com site by Friday afternoon. Come take a look if you are thinking you might want to upgrade or purchase Studio Manager for the new year.
For a period of months, we will continue to sell Studio Manager 8 to users who have recently upgraded to FileMaker Pro 8.5 and aren't ready for another round of upgrades there. We do love FileMaker Pro 9, though, and highly recommend the upgrade.
Feel free to contact me at janet (at) tokerud (dot) com or call my new Tiburon, California phone number at 415 789-5219. More to follow.