Well you can think different, some links below point to a status  
screen I did for a VisualWorks server application

Red varies from 0-100 % and the sum of the other colors
Green, Blue, Light Blue, and Purple are measured as state changes as  
work progressed for 4 different processes.

http://smalltalkconsulting.com/clientSupport/L/opsguide/Image18.gif

http://smalltalkconsulting.com/clientSupport/L/opsguide/Image17.gif

http://smalltalkconsulting.com/clientSupport/L/opsguide/Image16.gif

  I think... goodness that was 12 years back, I did something like...

footaskcounter := footaskcounter  + 10.
foo msg1
footaskcounter := footaskcounter  + 10.
foo msg2
footaskcounter := footaskcounter  + 10.
foo msg3
footaskcounter := footaskcounter  - 30.


As you can see from the gif files it was easy to look at the visual  
and understand what the application was *doing*.
The support team could look at Image18.gif and fully understand what  
was happening.

Operations only knew that Image18.gif was *normal* and that  
Image16.gif was the loss of the mainframe network data feed connection,.
and for Image17.gif the image was doing nothing useful, idle, but not  
insane...

On 2009-09-28, at 6:24 PM, Schwab,Wilhelm K wrote:

>
> Thanks!  I was thinking in terms of "anything but Smalltalk" to  
> avoid the obligatory FUD and Mud slinging.  However, it does sound  
> like a useful idea, and if the code is already written, it can't  
> hurt to see what it shows.  If it flags something, then I can figure  
> out whether I can get the IT types to believe it.
>
> Bill
>

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