chrome
(From automotive slang via wargaming) Showy
{features} added to attract users but contributing little or
nothing to the power of a system.
"The 3D icons in {Motif} are just chrome, but they certainly
are ▫pretty▫ chrome!"
Chrome is distinguished from {bells and whistles} by the fact
that the latter are usually added to gratify developers' own
desires for featurefulness. Often used as a term of contempt
and sometimes used in conjunction with 'fluff', "all the fluff
and chrome that comes with Motif".
[{Jargon File}]
(1997-09-19)