Re: currentTarget / observer from Garrett Smith on 2011-01-07 (www-dom@w3.org from January to March 2011)

From: Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 11:16:27 -0800
To: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu>
Cc: Gerd Wagner <wagnerg@tu-cottbus.de>, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>, www-dom@w3.org
Message-ID: <AANLkTinaZW4XAWeV+P6QNcvC-kDAXTCLFp4XvJ1K-9Wg@mail.gmail.com>

On 1/7/11, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu> wrote:
> On 1/7/11 1:50 PM, Garrett Smith wrote:
>> actuator, activator, trip, trigger, emitter.
>
> None of those say "the EventTarget whose event listeners are being
> invoked right now" to me.  Do they to you?
>
Nope. They sound more like alternatives to "target". Observer is better.
-- 
Garrett

Received on Friday, 7 January 2011 19:17:00 UTC