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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Hidding Virtual size column by default in ksysguard
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2007-01-05 19:09:23
Message-ID: 200701051209.24002.aseigo () kde ! org
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On Friday 05 January 2007 11:15, John Tapsell wrote:
>   I'm cross posting to kde-devel and usability..  Sorry if this is bad
> ettiquite.

heh; i'm keeping my reply limited to kde-usability if that's alright.

>   I would love to hide the column showing the virtual size.  It's
> almost meaningless, and users will misinterpret it.

agreed

>   The trouble is that RSS and virtual  size have been around since
> forever.  Even the original abacus ps program showed them.

and yet it's meaningless and confusing.

>   If ksysguard hides them by default, we might get people being
> confused by ksysguard numbers don't match up at all with ps and top
> etc.

the sort of people who will use ps and top and compare numbers will likely be 
able to sort it out. those that can't are probably much smaller than the 
number of people who rely either exclusively or primarily on ksysguard for 
these numbers. this latter group are, imho, the primary audience for 
ksysguard.

so i suggest going for "real world accuracy" and provide a way to add the VSS 
column for those who really want it to be there.

-- 
Aaron J. Seigo
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