July 2001
Intermediate to advanced
656 pages
15h 51m
English
System events (and their associated system operations) should be expressed at the level of intent rather than in terms of the physical input medium or interface widget level.
It also improves clarity to start the name of a system event with a verb (add..., enter…, end…, make…), as in Figure 9.4, since it emphasizes the command orientation of these events.

Thus “enterItem” is better than “scan” (that is, laser scan) because it captures the intent of the operation while remaining abstract and noncommittal with respect to design choices about ...
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