flipping through

• browsingCasual examination of options
• leafingCasually turning pages
• skimmingPassing lightly over
• thumbingPaging with digit
• scanningSystematic visual examination

pages · magazine · channels · flicking · rifling · glancing · perusing · surfing · scrolling · remote · boredom · waiting · paperback · glossy · zapping · idly · restless · commercials

• idle actionsfidgeting, waiting, twiddling thumbs, daydreaming, lounging
• passive watchingwatching, viewing, observing, spectating, lurking