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Screen Design

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Screen design impacts the development or configuration stage of an implementation. By keeping designs simple and consistent, you can configure your application effectively and efficiently.

Consider these performance recommendations:

Limit the number of applets in a view and the number of fields that appear on List applets. Your overall objective is to let customers see as much relevant data in a view as possible without scrolling.
As users of the Standard Interactivity client may not receive any training, make the interface as intuitive and simple as possible. Include as much Help text in the HTML page as you can to make user interaction easy.
Limit the number of columns and return only the information that is absolutely necessary.
Consider using drilldowns more extensively to access detailed information. This helps limit the amount of information.
For forms using SmartScript, try to limit the number of questions asked to between five and seven questions per page. Limit the number of pages as much as possible.
Avoid nonstandard link colors.
Keep information consistent across the applet templates that are used in the base, edit, and editlist modes.
Limit the use of Personalization or Content management rules to the user's home page.
Avoid using animated GIFs as much as possible.

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