Two reasons some people don't like "Intentions":
* http://www.w3.org/TR/web-intents/
* http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html
From: Richard Schwerdtfeger [mailto:schwer@us.ibm.com]
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Subject: Re: Need Agreement on Terminology
I am not quite following why intention based invents is a problem. The events reflect the intent of the user.
Rich Schwerdtfeger
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Date: 11/04/2014 01:18 PM
Subject: Re: Need Agreement on Terminology
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Would Input Events be confusing because we already have those in DOM Events?
Travis, Ryosuke- you have both expressed a distaste for "Intention", can you elaborate on that here?
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Subject: Re: Need Agreement on Terminology
04.11.2014, 18:51, "Ben Peters" <Ben.Peters@microsoft.com<mailto:Ben.Peters@microsoft.com>>:
> The question really is should the events be the "Intention" of the user, the "Action" of the browser/site, or the "Command" itself?
They represent the intention of the user.
(And while I could argue with Olli over the use of device events, input events seems fine to me too).
cheers
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