Klickibunti
German
Etymology
From Klick + -i + bunt + -i. Attested by the 1990s.
Pronunciation
Noun
Klickibunti n (strong, genitive Klickibuntis, no plural)
- (computing, slang, derogatory) A graphical user interface that relies on mouse interactions and a colorful design to appeal to users, often regarded as childish, unwieldy and overblown by more experienced users; angry fruit salad.
- 2003, Marcus Klinge, Desktop, Ordner und Dateien. Strukturen und Metaphern der selbstorganisierten Arbeit am Computer, Norderstedt: GRIN Verlag, →ISBN, page 7:
- Da wird ein Interface as "viel klickibunti" verhöhnt, und "die Shell (Kommandozeileneingabe)" als "die beste Art mit dem Computer umzugehen" gelobt.
- There you will find an interface being denigrated as "a whole lot of angry fruit salad", and "the shell (comand line)" being praused as the best manner of interaction with a computer.
- 2011 May 10, Dieter Lefeling, “Datum/Zeit ändern”, in de.alt.rec.digitalfotografie[2] (Usenet):
- Oder per Befehlszeile mit jhead und der Option -ta und dann -df, wenn das mehr Dein Ding ist und Du lieber den blinkenden Cursor anstatt Klickibunti willst.
- Or alternatively throgh the command line with jhead and the option -ta and thn -df, if that's more your thing and you prefer a blinking cursor to a colorful GUI.
Usage notes
- Often specifically used in contrast to command line-based interfaces.
Declension
Declension of Klickibunti [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Noun
Klickibunti m (strong, genitive Klickibuntis, plural Klickibuntis)
- (computing, slang, derogatory, uncommon) A user who prefers such interface designs, typically framed as naive or ignorant of the underlying technology.
- 2000 November 29, Herbert Bayer, “Hompage des Semesters A3 in Würzburg”, in de.sci.architektur[3] (Usenet):
- Na und? Die Entscheidung dafür oder dagegen obliegt jedem Einzelnen - manchen ist der Sicherheitsaspekt wichtiger, andere möchten manche Effekte nicht verpassen. Kein Grund, diese gleich pejorativ als "Klickibuntis" abzutun.
- So what? That decision should be up to everyone individually - for some, the security aspect is more important, others wouldn't want to miss certain effects. No reason to just pejoratively dismiss them all as "button-clickers".
- 2007 May 26, Stefan Münz, “Wunschliste für Google-Anwendungen”, in webkompetenz[4] (Usenet):
- Aber nicht wenige wandeln sich von argwöhnischen Kommandozeilen-Hackern zu seligen Klickibuntis, sobald das Prädikat "OpenSource" drauf steht.
- But quite a few turn from mistrustful command line hackers to blissful naive button-clickers as soon as something is certified "OpenSource".