Performance Alerts - even a novice can understand in Puppy
Posted: Thu 10 Jan 2013, 20:47
This thread is inspired by discussion that have raged over the last 4 years on RAM.
We are ALL aware of industry advances we have seen in both desktop (this includes laptop and others named "PC"s) technology and in the internet speeds. Thus, there is the combination of increased speed and increased volume.
In Puppyland, specifically, the issue of size/volume (this applies to all sorts of views) is still an issue and continues to be part in parcel discussion.
One thought that I have ONLY seen in one other vendors offering which I think can be very usefully applied in Puppy products is one of a visual-audio alert system on the system's desktop/taskbar reflecting current system resources.
On some PUPs, the taskbar has a graphical representation of RAM, but, many, if not most of us ever take the time to really understand it or use it. This doesn't mean its useless, rather, it has good information.
But, suppose that graphical contained a threshold which would sound an audible or reflect visually in some alerting way to indicate that the system is running critically short of the resource(s) that the graph reflects.
Were this the case, it could make it extremely easy for any user to understand and investigate methods of resolution.
There are 3 system areas that this type of alert could address. CPU utilization, RAM exploitation, and primary system partition utilization. And, considering the multimedia aspects that MOST, if not all, Puppy users have in their PCs, this alert could even be a vocal message addressing the user.
As many in the community already know, the system contains this information and it is in real time.
Is this reasonable?
Please share your views on this.
We are ALL aware of industry advances we have seen in both desktop (this includes laptop and others named "PC"s) technology and in the internet speeds. Thus, there is the combination of increased speed and increased volume.
In Puppyland, specifically, the issue of size/volume (this applies to all sorts of views) is still an issue and continues to be part in parcel discussion.
One thought that I have ONLY seen in one other vendors offering which I think can be very usefully applied in Puppy products is one of a visual-audio alert system on the system's desktop/taskbar reflecting current system resources.
On some PUPs, the taskbar has a graphical representation of RAM, but, many, if not most of us ever take the time to really understand it or use it. This doesn't mean its useless, rather, it has good information.
But, suppose that graphical contained a threshold which would sound an audible or reflect visually in some alerting way to indicate that the system is running critically short of the resource(s) that the graph reflects.
Were this the case, it could make it extremely easy for any user to understand and investigate methods of resolution.
There are 3 system areas that this type of alert could address. CPU utilization, RAM exploitation, and primary system partition utilization. And, considering the multimedia aspects that MOST, if not all, Puppy users have in their PCs, this alert could even be a vocal message addressing the user.
As many in the community already know, the system contains this information and it is in real time.
Is this reasonable?
Please share your views on this.