Re: [Usability] Ctrl-Alt-Del system monitor

[Caleb Marcus <caleb marcus gmail com>]

We have alt-f4 (as well as clicking the WM's close button), which waits a little while for the application to respond, and when it doesn't, pops up a force-quit window... it would be nice if it could detect non-responding applications instantly, but that might be infeasible. Compiz tries, but I don't think it does a very good job of dimming the right applications.
On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 13:49 +0100, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> Marcos Graf wrote on 27/05/08 02:32:
> > 
> > I´d like to suggest
> > Ctrl-Alt-Del   to run the   System Monitor
> > by default,
> >...
>
> I agree that there should be a keyboard combo that lets you close a
> badly-behaving program.
>
> I don't know that necessarily means opening System Monitor. System
> Monitor is quite large and slow, and it doesn't float on top of all
> other windows (it would be annoying if it did). The interface for
> closing a badly-behaving program should be small, it should appear
> instantly, and it should float above all other windows, making it harder
> for a badly-behaving program to hide it.
>
> I think making the keyboard combo Ctrl Alt Delete would be good for
> consistency with Windows, but bad for marketing.
>
> Cheers

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