SAP Interaction Design Guide for Internet Application Components

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Introduction

1. The Web

• The Web - A Short Introduction
• Web Brochures vs. Web Applications
• What Makes a Good Web Application?
• The Web, its Users, and their Tasks

2. IACs and their Framework

• Workplace, Application Types, Internet Application Components
• Characteristics of Typical SAP Internet Application Components
• Examples for Internet Application Components

3. Global Screen Layout

• Structuring the Application - Screen Changes vs. Screens with Multiple Areas
• Global Layout
• Typical Screen Divisions
• Guidelines for Screen Areas
• Layout - Grouping of Screen Elements
• Layout - Hierarchy of Screen Elements

4. Navigation

• Global Navigation and Navigation Within Applications
• Examples for Navigation

5. Layout for Elements

• Forms
• Views
• Filtering Data - The Shuffler
• Functions - Types
• Pushbuttons - Placement and Look
• Functions Acting on Tables, Columns, Rows
• Hypertext Links vs. Pushbuttons
• How to Avoid Wide Tables
• Status Displays
• Styles for Texts, Lists, and Links

6. User Support

• Text-Based User Support
• Supporting User Input: Value Help, Filters
• User Support in Case of Errors