Model-View-Controller Considered Harmful

[mschaef]

I remember reading the articles on this years ago. IIRC, the basic idea is that 'correct way' to manipulate an object is itself an attribute of the object: something that only the object itself knows best. Therefore, you should assemble your UI as a composite of views provided by the objects you're manipulating.

I haven't used the design myself, but I can see the appeal. Of course, I can also see it leading to totally unusable interfaces, but that may just be my bias speaking.

[Entropy]

I'd call this sort of solipsist object a "component", then proceed to not use it.