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Icon LibraryUsing Icons | Status Icons | Navigation Icons | Action Icons Using IconsJudicious use of easily understood icons can enhance the usability and overall user experience of an application's user interface. Icons can provide quick and easily understood graphical cues to functions and status of information, while at the same time conserving space and improving the look and feel. However, overuse of icons or the use of overly complex icons can be detrimental to the usability of an application. Colorful icons, while they can be individually appealing, can quickly overwhelm the user visually. Additionally, using a large number of icons can be overwhelming to users of varying skill levels. Therefore, icons should be used sparingly. It is a clear case of "less is more" when it comes to icons. That being said, in the case of mobile applications, where the user interface "real estate" is highly limited, and therefore precious, the benefits of providing simple, strong, compact visual cues to users cannot be ignored. The icons presented here are based on standard SAP icons.. However, they have been optimized for mobile applicationsthey are small, designed with a simple color scheme, and suitable for non-color displays. The following section contains the complete list of icons allowed for white-collar worker PDAs.
Status Icons
During synchronization, incoming items from the server are listed separately from outgoing items. In the interests of simplicity and usability, only incoming errors will be marked with an icon. All icons were created with a transparent background and are available in the Icon Archive.
Navigation Icons
Icons must not be used to represent navigation functions that are not listed here. They should be represented with hyperlinks or buttons. All icons were created with a transparent background and are available in the Icon Archive.
Action Icons
Action icons ar located on the object header. All icons were created with a transparent background and are available in the Icon Archive file.
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