GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 305883
Process listing doesn't fit in default window size
Last modified: 2011-11-18 23:35:13 UTC
The default settings for the process listing are unlikely to make it fit in the view without scrollbars of a window with the default size. How about: 1) Changing the default Process Fields to be displayed to Process Name, Memory, % CPU and ID. 2) Disabling process dependencies by default.
i'm currenlty thinking about removing the expander. 1) Name, Resident Memory, VM, %CPU, ID, User and time ? 2) done.
1) How on earth do you make all that information fit in a window with a width of 440 pixels?
What do Window$, O$ X and KDE display in their system monitor by default ? I have to check (i bet KDE default view displays everything ;).
Comprehensive list of system monitors at: http://www.aresluna.org/guidebook/components/system/managers/tasks View at the left of the screenshot shows different states (the process list isn't always the first). Misses KDE though and I haven't had it installed since I went Ubuntu. But the answer is most likely everything and the kitchen sink ;).
Name, PID, User, CPU%, Memory% ? Name, PID, User, CPU%, MemRES ?
do you think a Memory% would be useful ?
If any memory usage should be shown by default I think it should be the amount of physical memory used (or the one closest to it).
Memory%? Ah, you mean we should add another column that is the precent of memory used. It might be useful. Though one interesting point to note is that Mac OS switched from displaying percent to MB in Panther. Another point to note is that Name, PID, User, CPU%, <something more> probably won't fit. ;) Perhaps the default width should be increased to make place for the columns you suggested...
Created attachment 47713 [details] Shot of proposed columns (it doesn't quite fit)
better switch to Resident Memory
Once we have one true meaningful memory stat, it will be easy to fix.
Created attachment 201572 [details] [review] Proposed patch Only show the Name, PID, User, CPU% and Memory columns, to better fit in the default window size, and to hide columns not used by the average user (Status, Nice).
Thanks. I've applied this although it seems a little sparse to tell you the truth. Maybe nice should be added back. I'll see how the feedback is after the release on monday.