I'm not convinced that we should bother users with this kind of stuff. If an
advanced user want to see what's consuming resources, they can open the task
manager.
If we want this for debugging, perhaps it should live behind a flag. It
would be cool if some kind combo of dev tools + extensions could allow
developers to be notified of conditions like this.
On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Evan Martin <e...@chromium.org> wrote:
>
> We had also discussed putting icons indicating audio into tabs. That
> sounds crowded with icons, though: imaginably a game could have
> facicon, Unicode symbols, CPU load, audio, and the "x" displayed. I
> worry there just aren't enough pixels to display all the relevant
> information.
>
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Glen Murphy <g...@chromium.org> wrote:
> >
> > Something like yes! Maybe not a dialog, as I use things that peg my
> > CPU (games) somewhat frequently.
> >
> > One idea we toyed with was marking such tabs as 'on fire' (icon or
> > color), so at least there was a visual indication. I think this would
> > be a good starting point before anything more obtrusive like a dialog
> > or bar.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Paweł Hajdan Jr.
> > <phajdan...@chromium.org> wrote:
> >> Just a while before one of my tabs (GMail) started using a lot of CPU
> time
> >> (67% while I was compiling in the background). The browser and the
> system
> >> were responsive at all times, but processing power was wasted.
> >> We have a warning dialog for hanged renderers offering to kill them.
> What do
> >> you think about a warning dialog for renderers consistently using a lot
> of
> >> CPU?
> >> >
> >>
> >
> > >
> >
>
> >
>
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