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Re: TaskExplorer

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Post by smusamashah » Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 12:39 PM UTC

koolraap wrote: post #4

Why are there no images of a GUI app on its home or GitHub page? https://xanasoft.com/TaskExplorer/ https://github.com/davidxanatos

Found a screenshot here https://www.neowin.net/software/taskexplorer-160/ using google images

a few more here https://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/TaskExplore...

Re: TaskExplorer

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Post by spiderfarmer » Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 12:57 PM UTC

koolraap wrote: post #4

Why are there no images of a GUI app on its home or GitHub page? https://xanasoft.com/TaskExplorer/ https://github.com/davidxanatos

Whenever a project fails to do that, I just assume they built it for themselves and don't really want other users.

Re: TaskExplorer

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Post by qiine » Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 12:59 PM UTC

koolraap wrote: post #4

Why are there no images of a GUI app on its home or GitHub page? https://xanasoft.com/TaskExplorer/ https://github.com/davidxanatos

that kind of things drive me crazy, a few well curated pic would tell us so much more than walls after walls of texts...

Re: TaskExplorer

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Post by oneeyedpigeon » Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 1:02 PM UTC

smusamashah wrote: post #11

koolraap wrote: post #4

Why are there no images of a GUI app on its home or GitHub page? https://xanasoft.com/TaskExplorer/ https://github.com/davidxanatos

Found a screenshot here https://www.neowin.net/software/taskexplorer-160/ using google images a few more here https://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/TaskExplore...

Well, that explains why the project page doesn't include any screenshots!

Re: TaskExplorer

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Post by diggan » Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 1:35 PM UTC

oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #14

smusamashah wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Found a screenshot here https://www.neowin.net/software/taskexplorer-160/ using google images a few more here https://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/TaskExplore...

Well, that explains why the project page doesn't include any screenshots!

Maybe HN ruined me, but I'd prefer a UI that isn't very pretty but information-dense, especially for a use case like this, and especially when the alternative is whitespace/tabs-galore in order to make data more spread out.

That said, it is ugly, like most Windows utilities tend to be.

Re: TaskExplorer

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Post by bane » Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 1:51 PM UTC

oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #14

smusamashah wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Found a screenshot here https://www.neowin.net/software/taskexplorer-160/ using google images a few more here https://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/TaskExplore...

Well, that explains why the project page doesn't include any screenshots!

I'm still of the opinion that hacker-built GUI tools have their own kind of beauty in the way a specialized and intricate woodworking tool might. Nobody shies away from showing some impenetrable command-line doodad with bad ASCII art, why not the equivalent for GUI tools who's audience is the equivalent of your average bash-bro?

Re: TaskExplorer

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Post by oneeyedpigeon » Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 2:14 PM UTC

bane wrote: post #16

oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, that explains why the project page doesn't include any screenshots!

I'm still of the opinion that hacker-built GUI tools have their own kind of beauty in the way a specialized and intricate woodworking tool might. Nobody shies away from showing some impenetrable command-line doodad with bad ASCII art, why not the equivalent for GUI tools who's audience is the equivalent of your average bash-bro?

Sure, it's largely subjective, but whatever's going on in that "File" panel in the bottom right looks downright unusable.

Re: TaskExplorer

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Post by dewey » Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 2:29 PM UTC

diggan wrote: post #15

oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, that explains why the project page doesn't include any screenshots!

Maybe HN ruined me, but I'd prefer a UI that isn't very pretty but information-dense, especially for a use case like this, and especially when the alternative is whitespace/tabs-galore in order to make data more spread out. That said, it is ugly, like most Windows utilities tend to be.

There's still a difference between functional, information-dense design and a missing sense of design or care.

An interface displaying a lot of information, and ways to manipulate data can be functional and information-dense if there's thought put into how to do the layout, usage of colors, icons and other factors (Thinking about power user tools like Logic, Video cutting software, internal company tools or POS software that is used by many, all the time). It might not necessarily look "clean" and beautiful to the uninitiated but it gets the work done effectively.

Re: TaskExplorer

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Post by hypercube33 » Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 2:32 PM UTC

oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #14

smusamashah wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Found a screenshot here https://www.neowin.net/software/taskexplorer-160/ using google images a few more here https://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/TaskExplore...

Well, that explains why the project page doesn't include any screenshots!

It has a real odd mix of 2000, 2003 (ribbon bar) and 1995 (process hacker area) theme elements going on there.

Re: TaskExplorer

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Post by smusamashah » Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 3:29 PM UTC

oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #14

smusamashah wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Found a screenshot here https://www.neowin.net/software/taskexplorer-160/ using google images a few more here https://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/TaskExplore...

Well, that explains why the project page doesn't include any screenshots!

Don't agree. It's just as complex (may be a bit more) as ProcessMonitor by Sysinternals https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/pro...

It's dense, doesn't mean its bad.