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3-1-2008 5:08 PM1367 views
enbar says:
"Wilfer" stands for (roughly) "What Was I Looking For" and refers to the habit of getting distracted and lost online when you actually meant to find something specific. I do this constantly.
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3-2-2008 2:02 AM
debbyski
hahahahahahahaha, OMG, guilty as charged.
3-2-2008 2:14 AM
BartendingBear
Is there any regular here who isn't? I doubt it.
3-2-2008 3:07 AM
Deepti
guilty
3-2-2008 3:23 AM
thisnamecantbetaken
I am a definite wilfer. No doubt about it. Most of my clips are found just wilfing around. I just happen upon them while looking for... yeah, what was it I was looking for?
3-3-2008 11:41 AM
skwirlinator
Clipmarks is Wilfer Conductive Browsing
3-3-2008 11:44 AM
skwirlinator
Actually I am pretty good at finding what I seek while on the internet. I tab open interesting things I want to explore but stay pretty focused on my original query to the end, which is when I go explore those other tabs.
Before tabbed browsing and high speed I was solely focused upon my search.
3-3-2008 7:32 PM
yankeeclipper1
Whatta relief! I thought I was just going senile!!
3-4-2008 6:31 AM
carrerinyes
Is there a support group for Wilfers...?
3-4-2008 8:35 AM
Satchamo
Isn't being a Wilfer a requirement for clipmarkers?
3-4-2008 9:27 AM
pokkets
Imagine window shopping with a few billion windows all on the same screen. Of course we don't have to imagine that now. We've got it. I think while wandering over the wide open web pages there is so much to see that it can be hard to focus. particularly with ads and popups jumping up saying "look at Me",but sometimes when wandering you can run across some of the best things by accident and on the net there can be heaps of answers that will work, some slightly different to the same problem often in a few countries. Another reason clipmarks is good, There's the distilled version with the clips, and if I see a page I want to read I can clip it and email it to myself to read when my browser is s...
3-23-2008 12:34 AM
netgrlrush
The internet is entertainment itself. Never knowing where the stumble! button will take me...it didn't a defining word but it'll help when I need to find a support group for unfettered wilfing activity.
j/k
3-23-2008 10:16 AM
skwirlinator
Have you ever stumbled a topic? Its like directed wilfing.
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