How the hell do you fuck up the task manager, an application that hasn't needed to be touched in decades? At best, you stick a new skin over it to match the aesthetic. The core functionality of the task manager should have remained untouched going back to... What, Windows 3.0?

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I really don't agree with this comment seeing how useful task manager has gotten over the years. It used to be pretty simple process explorer, but has evolved into almost a full fledged resource monitor. The only thing that feels like missing now is afterburner-like overlay in games.

[–] kadu@scribe.disroot.org 5 points 1 month ago

The only thing that feels like missing now is afterburner-like overlay in games.

There are a thousand applications that provide such an overlay, one is already built into Windows, do you really need yet another?

[–] positiveWHAT@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

And temperature?

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

And fps... Frametimes... Recordable graphs... Power... Voltages... Amps... Task manager is a baby compared to serious monitoring apps. But the main purpose is not monitoring ig, it's fine as it is.

[–] Surp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It has temps for GPU I know that

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Never really needed that since I built my own rig, do maintenance and trust my build. Never had problems with temps, even during prolonged stresstesting

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Okay, but literally all of that is reason to need temperature monitoring?

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Only during the finish phase to make sure your system stays optimal during full load. No need to do that during actual use afterwards.

Think of it like servicing the car vs using the car

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When I used to be on Windows, I shifted to Process Explorer. It is developed by Microsoft only I guess as part of their Sysinternals suite. I think it retains an older style UI but is significantly more powerful (has/d virus total integration for one).

[–] FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi 1 points 1 month ago

Correction: Sysinternals Process Explorer was developed by Sysinternals long before MS bought them.

[–] expr@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

Because they vibe code the shit out of everything now. Insane shit is bound to happen.