window shopping


window shopping

(jargon)A term used among users of WIMP environments likethe X Window System or the Macintosh at the US GeologicalSurvey for extended experimentation with new window colours,fonts, and icon shapes. This activity can take up hoursof what might otherwise have been productive working time. "Ispent the afternoon window shopping until I found the coolestshade of green for my active window borders --- now theyperfectly match my medium slate blue background." Seriouswindow shoppers will spend their days with bitmap editors,creating new and different icons and background patterns forall to see. Also: "window dressing", the act of applying newfonts, colours, etc.

See fritterware, compare macdink.