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window shopping
A term used among users of {WIMP} environments like
the {X Window System} or the {Macintosh} at the US Geological
Survey for extended experimentation with new window colours,
{fonts}, and {icon} shapes. This activity can take up hours
of what might otherwise have been productive working time. "I
spent the afternoon window shopping until I found the coolest
shade of green for my active window borders --- now they
perfectly match my medium slate blue background." Serious
window shoppers will spend their days with bitmap editors,
creating new and different icons and background patterns for
all to see. Also: "window dressing", the act of applying new
fonts, colours, etc.
See {fritterware}, compare {macdink}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1996-07-08)