Chapter 4. Pages – the User's Interactive Interface
Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose. | ||
| --Charles Eames | ||
Always design your program as a member of a whole family of programs, including those that are likely to succeed it. | ||
| --Edsger Dijkstra | ||
Pages are NAV 2013's object type for interactively presenting information. The page rendering routines that paint the page on the target display handle much of the data presentation detail. This allows a variety of clients to be created such as a SharePoint client, a Web browser resident client, the Windows RTC client, mobile clients, or even clients targeted to devices other than common video displays.
One of the benefits of Page technology is the focus on the user experience rather than the underlying data structure. As always, the designer/developer has the responsibility of using the tools to their best effect. Another advantage of NAV 2013 pages is the flexibility they provide the user...
