Well, that explains why the project page doesn't include any screenshots!
diggan 138 days ago [-]
Maybe HN ruined me, but I'd prefer a UI that isn't very pretty but information-dense, especially for a use case like this, and especially when the alternative is whitespace/tabs-galore in order to make data more spread out.
That said, it is ugly, like most Windows utilities tend to be.
dewey 138 days ago [-]
There's still a difference between functional, information-dense design and a missing sense of design or care.
An interface displaying a lot of information, and ways to manipulate data can be functional and information-dense if there's thought put into how to do the layout, usage of colors, icons and other factors (Thinking about power user tools like Logic, Video cutting software, internal company tools or POS software that is used by many, all the time). It might not necessarily look "clean" and beautiful to the uninitiated but it gets the work done effectively.
It has a real odd mix of 2000, 2003 (ribbon bar) and 1995 (process hacker area) theme elements going on there.
bane 138 days ago [-]
I'm still of the opinion that hacker-built GUI tools have their own kind of beauty in the way a specialized and intricate woodworking tool might. Nobody shies away from showing some impenetrable command-line doodad with bad ASCII art, why not the equivalent for GUI tools who's audience is the equivalent of your average bash-bro?
oneeyedpigeon 138 days ago [-]
Sure, it's largely subjective, but whatever's going on in that "File" panel in the bottom right looks downright unusable.
MortyWaves 139 days ago [-]
I was about to ask the same thing. It should be studied at this point, it happens so often.
spiderfarmer 139 days ago [-]
Whenever a project fails to do that, I just assume they built it for themselves and don't really want other users.
qiine 139 days ago [-]
that kind of things drive me crazy, a few well curated pic would tell us so much more than walls after walls of texts...
meinersbur 139 days ago [-]
Why prefer this over SysInternal's Process Explorer (other than it is Open Source) or Process Informer (on which TaskExplorer seems to be based on) directly?
UK-Al05 139 days ago [-]
No screenshots, and not obvious what platform it runs on.
teddyh 139 days ago [-]
For Windows only.
oneeyedpigeon 139 days ago [-]
This should be in the title.
muterad_murilax 139 days ago [-]
Yes, for now. But:
"Task Explorer is built using the Qt Framework, ensuring a cross-platform user interface with plans to eventually port the tool to Linux, which could make it one of the first advanced, GUI-based task managers for the platform."
diggan 139 days ago [-]
Feels like the UI should be the least of your worry when wanting to port a task manager from Windows to Linux/macOS, but maybe I'm imagining it worse than it is.
https://xanasoft.com/TaskExplorer/ https://github.com/davidxanatos
a few more here https://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/TaskExplore...
That said, it is ugly, like most Windows utilities tend to be.
An interface displaying a lot of information, and ways to manipulate data can be functional and information-dense if there's thought put into how to do the layout, usage of colors, icons and other factors (Thinking about power user tools like Logic, Video cutting software, internal company tools or POS software that is used by many, all the time). It might not necessarily look "clean" and beautiful to the uninitiated but it gets the work done effectively.
It's dense, doesn't mean its bad.
"Task Explorer is built using the Qt Framework, ensuring a cross-platform user interface with plans to eventually port the tool to Linux, which could make it one of the first advanced, GUI-based task managers for the platform."
i just disabled this
https://www.tenforums.com/general-support/124887-onesyncsvc-...
It gives a lot of information about what windows svhosts are doing