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yujitach / MenuMeters

my fork of MenuMeters by http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/
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Too much space in some of the Meters #132

Open yujitach opened 4 years ago

yujitach commented 4 years ago

I got an email request with the following nice picture:

So far I just would like to ask if you can add some tiny modifications in the way of network information displaying: 123 The same for Memory usage part..

That's quite reasonable, but in a certain very high-speed systems all the width is necessary, as in #123 . Maybe I need to make Meters to adjust itself dynamically, which might also be distractive. Hmm.

yujitach commented 4 years ago

I got the follow-up message:

you may keep the fixed xxx length by using additional letters. In the same way as it changes now from bits to kbits/mbits, I suppose it may show "gigabits" too. Simple as that. And pls, do not forget about to add little bit more space between digits and letters. It is just much more comfortable for eyes to take a rapid glance on it, especially with non-retina displays, I think. Afterallwearehumannotmachines. ) And if u really wanna keep network speed accuracy in MenuMeters on a level of megabits in case of using interfaces beyond 1giga (Thunderbold/USB3.0 and higher), maybe it is correct to add solid grey zeros in front. When the data rates jumps up, it will get alive. But I do not think consumer use MenuMeters as precise interface throughput measurement application, while it hosts only in a bar.

Fine59 commented 4 years ago

Yeah.. Talking about digits number in network throughput measurement I think there are 2 ways to deal with it.

  1. Keep fixed number of digits (xxx.x) and let MenuMeters only operate with bits/kbits/mbits/gbits.
  2. If developer wants to keep measurement accuracy in MenuMeters on a level of megabits in case of using interfaces with throughput above 1giga (Thunderbolt/USB3.0 and higher), perhaps it will be fair to add solid space with some grey marks there in front (slashes, dots, zeros etc)

User can decide which way to choose, if you simply add relative checkbox in the settings to regulate an accuracy. But in my opinion, #1 is enough for status bar tracker.