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When your laptop or phone is low on battery, it's time to cull
the herd.
For most people, it's quite a chore to open up system utilities,
& find a mix of CPU/RAM/other stats for programs with
cryptic names.
So, Browser tabs & apps should have their tops show in hotter
(redder) colors if
those apps/tabs are consuming more
resources. (Flash animations esp. are notorious.)
That would make it far easier for users to ID & kill things to
extend life.
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Could be extended to all sorts of other metrics like
CPU usage, IO, internet use etc. Much like the
"noisy tab" sound indicator that chrome added
recently. |
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Could even mix colors. Red = Battery, Green =
CPU, Blue = IO. |
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Red + Green = Yellow = High CPU and Battery use |
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Black = Idle in all respects |
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White = White hot in all respects. |
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[ixnaum] Yep! It was the chrome audio indicator
that got me thinking about doing more like this, but
for battery! |
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