Object-Action Paradigm

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="061005f0ermwup.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>EDIT 797 - Performance Based Design</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="EDIT 797 Performance Based Design"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> back to the start of<B>  </B><A HREF="id285.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="11/04/2002"><U><B>11/04/2002</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>  </B><A HREF="id285.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="11/04/2002"><U><B><IMG SRC="05e0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>      </B><A HREF="id229.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Orienting the Team"><U><B><IMG SRC="05f0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id231.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tasks"><U><B><IMG SRC="0600e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id223.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Typical"><U>Typical</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id225.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Desired "><U>Desired </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id226.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PerformanceCentered UI Design"><U>Performance-Centered UI Design</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id227.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Interface Design Approach"><U>Interface Design Approach</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id228.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Another Lifecycle..."><U>Another Lifecycle...</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id229.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Orienting the Team"><U>Orienting the Team</U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8bf000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Object-Action Paradigm</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id231.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tasks"><U>Tasks</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id232.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Interactions"><U>Interactions</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id233.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Interactions: Personal Goals"><U>Interactions:  Personal Goals</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id234.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Interactions: Business Goals"><U>Interactions:  Business Goals</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id235.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Interactions: Practical Goals"><U>Interactions:  Practical Goals</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id236.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Interactions: False Goals"><U>Interactions:  False Goals</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id237.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Polite Interactions"><U>Polite Interactions</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Appropriate Interactions"><U>Appropriate Interactions</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id239.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Usability of Interactions"><U>Usability of Interactions</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id240.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Objects"><U>Objects</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id241.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Actions"><U>Actions</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id242.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Interface"><U>The Interface</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id243.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Test / Ensure Usability"><U>Test / Ensure Usability</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=385 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Object-Action Paradigm</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118bf000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Object - A thing or collection of things that people manipulate to perform a function</div> <bR> <div>     <I> </I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Objects are nouns</I></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118bf000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Action - a way in which an object is manipulated</div> <bR> <div>  <I>    </I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Actions are verbs</I></FONT></div> </td> </tr></table></body>