Taking a quick look at the Gnome System Monitor today, it occurred to me
that the graphs have a distinct EGA-graphics-circa-1986 visual feel to
them. These graphs are ripe for some Tufte-fication [1].
Here's a quick mockup of the dialog with some suggested color (and only
color) changes:
http://actsofvolition.com/images/screenshots/gnome/system-monitor-mockup.png
In the hopes of keeping potential implementation simple, I have only
changed is the background color, grid color, and changed the default
user-configurable colors to some I picked quickly from the HIG [2]. Of
course, smoother lines would be nice too...
Apologies if this isn't the appropriate list. I'd be glad to work with
the current system-monitor maintainer if there is any interest in
implementing these changes.
Thanks,
Steven Garrity
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Tufte
[2] http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/design.html#design-color
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