Evangelion-Übersicht-Widget

Installation

Who am I kidding, the only thing you need to know is this is a widget for Übersicht.

Quick Installation
- Install Übersicht
- Download this widget
- Move this widget into Übersicht folder.
- Enjoy it!

Instruction

If you run into troubles with clicking, please check your Übersicht settings.

The interface is MULTI-LANGUAGE! So don't worry if you don't speak German. Supported languages:

Deutsch
English

Click to update!

You can update Evangelion Übersicht Widget (version >= 0.X8a) simply by clicking the update button. Not that there will be frequent updates, but it saves time. I'll try out some ways to make updating even cooler, given time that is.

Memory Usage VS Memory Pressure

As of version 0.X11a, the memory cell will show memory pressure levels (NORMAL, WARN, CRITICAL) rather than the memory usage percentage. The reason behind this move is simple: memory usage percentage makes little sense in OSX now.

To explain: A few years ago, OSX implemented a new virtual memory technology called memory compression (OK it's actually rather ancient, but people stopped using it as memory got much cheaper back in the 90s). Imagine you have a lot of stuff taking up memory, but you cannot tell exactly how much because you do not know how many of them are compressed. Therefore, memory usage percentage no longer matters as much as it looks like. Instead, we use memory pressure levels, which shows the degree to which the performance is slowed down by memory usage. OSX defines 3 levels: NORMAL, WARN, CRITICAL:

NORMAL: Everything is fine. No performance issue!
WARN: There might be noticeable drop in performance. The user is advised to clean up the memory (or upgrade the RAM).
CRITICAL: The computer will likely freeze up, and the user should terminate some certain processes.

In short, take actions when the memory cell turns red!

Major Update Notice!

Please consider updating if you are still using widget earlier than 0.X2a. The newer version has greatly alleviated the performance issues. Now it uses only 10% of energy and 20% of CPU compared to the previous versions.

About

This widget is an Evangelion Übersicht Widget, displaying information through a huge amount of cells on your desktop.

If you leaves nothing on your desktop except for less than six mounted volumes (system volumes, connected servers etc.), this widget can replace your desktop completely.

Currently the widget could show:

Time
CPU and memory usage (memory pressure)
Battery status
Trash size
Your public ip address
Artist, title and Album over of what currently being played on iTunes. (You can also control iTunes!)
First 5 of all your mounted volumes in alphabetical order
Network traffic
Alert on DoNotDisturb mode
Vocal notice on alerts. Default is OFF, turn it on by setting config.Voice to true.

Special features

Update button displayed when new version is released.
Alarm system, triggers when CPU usage is too high or battery drops to below 20% without charging
Empty your trash bin by clicking the trash cell
Open up a volume by clicking it

Feedback

Contact me.
Please note that this widget is still under development and open for suggestions. If you have any idea on how to improve this widget or new features you would like to see, please do not hesitate to contact me.
If you are encountering any problem with the display, please click cell number 32 and see the original console output and contact me with the information you see in the output, otherwise it could be hard to determine what went wrong.

Updates

0.X14.4a

Attempting to fix iTunes for Catalina

0.X14.3a

Bug fix for DoNotDisturb

0.X14.2a

Changed how all commands are executed to save energy.

0.X14.1a

Optimisation.

0.X14.0a

Optimisation.

0.X13a

Changed the CPU script.

0.X12a

Changed the networking script to only monitor main network interface.

0.X11a

Now monitoring memory pressure, since memory percentage does not make sense for macOS

0.X10a

Added option to not show the update button

0.X9a

Update now preserves customised settings (starting from next update)

0.X8a

Display an update button when there are new versions available

0.X7a

Fixing a minor bug with iTunes cell

0.X6a

Fixing a minor bug with iTunes cell

0.X5a

Fixed a minor bug with battery alert

0.X4b

Fixed a few minor bugs with the scripts
Fixed a bug with desktop computers
Added the option to change colours
Added a lot of options to customise the widget
Added voice notifications. Default option is OFF to avoid annoyance.

0.X3a

Fixed a few interface issues.
Updated a few lines of comments.

0.X2a (Major Update!)

This is probably the most important update since 0.5a. I added some major improvements to make it faster and fixed a lot of ages old bugs, and most importantly the energy consumption problem.

0.X1a

This new version includes a lot of migration from commands to scripts to improve performance and potentially, decrease energy demand. I want to experiment with some new ideas to make it more battery and CPU friendly.

0.Xa

Removed language support for Traditional Chinese
Added support to adjust the size of widget(By using font-size. All sizes are specified in em instead of px now.)
Fixed a bug where network display and iTunes might malfunction.

0.98a

Fixed a compatibility issue with Sierra's removal of sar

0.97a

Fixed a bug with battery remain

0.96a

Fixed a bug with battery alert

0.95a

Fixed a bug with battery display

0.94a

Resolving compatibility issue with OSX Sierra

0.93a

Fixed a bug with DoNotDisturb alert

0.92a

Fixed a bug with DoNotDisturb alert

0.91a

Fixed a bug with DoNotDisturb alert

0.90a

Add DoNotDisturb alert
Fixed a bug with multi-language support

0.89a

Fixed a UI problem with newer versions of übersicht.
Changed iTunes to SEELE, it looks better.

0.88a

Added iTunes Album cover display.
Fixed a bug where disk cell might not function properly.

0.87a

Fixed a bug with time display on new version of übersicht.

0.86a

Fixed a bug with network traffic cells.

0.85a

Fixed a bug with Empty Trash function, contributed by @mgarbacz

0.84a

Added random delay of warning cells. Special thanks to NorthIsUp.

0.83a

Added two blocks to show the sum of network traffic on all interfaces, notice that it includes localhost2localhost traffic.

0.82a

Fixed an issue with disk displaying when the computer doesn't have an installed battery

0.81a

Fixed an issue with battery displaying when the computer doesn't have an installed battery

0.8a

Modified the design of warning cell, it looks cooler
Adjusted the line height of output cell
Modified the render mechanism to execute less commands when updating

0.71a

Fixed a bug while iTunes Cell might not display contents correctly under Yosemite

0.7a

Added Multi-language support, currently supporting English, German and Chinese

0.63a

Added title and artist displaying on iTunes cell

0.62a

Added function, now you can open up a volume by clicking!

0.61a

Fixed bug where non-system volumes might be shown as a system volumes. If one is still experiencing irregularities with their volumes one could try ls /Volumes/ command in Terminal
Added comments

0.6a

Added mounted volumes display, currently displaying the first 5 volumes in /Volumes/
Changed Output cell to display original outputs without uppercasing transformation

0.52a

Added function: empty trash on clicking the trash cell

0.51a

Fixed a bug, where it used to show countdown when not supposed to

0.5a

Added left-bottom corner panel
Added iTunes remote cell

0.45a

Fixed problem with the hovering effect of IPCell
Change from Simplified Chinese to Traditional (This is actually a mistake I made in the early phase of coding)

0.44a

Fixed IP displaying when there’s no internet connection

0.43a

Bug fix for OSX 10.10 (mine is 10.11)

0.42a

Improved alarm, bug fixed
Added animation to alarm

0.41a

Added blinking when alert triggered

0.4a

Added alert system, will alert when battery is below 20% or when CPU usage reaches 90%
restructured the code, added comments

0.3a

Added Memory and CPU usage
Colour scheme changed
Error message changed

0.22a

Improved Trash Issue
Output cells enabled, press on cell 32 and information will popup