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A normal user would not know the difference between '''close window''' and '''kill process''' options. | A normal user would not know the difference between '''close window''' and '''kill process''' options. | ||
| + | *When is killing process preferable to closing window, given that it is easier for a user to specify a window's name | ||
| + | :(he can easily read it in the target application's Windows Bar)? | ||
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I would have added this, but do not know finer details: | I would have added this, but do not know finer details: | ||
* Often an application has multiple subprocesses. Would killing such a subprocess make sense? | * Often an application has multiple subprocesses. Would killing such a subprocess make sense? | ||
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* What about killing process trees? Is it possible to manage them with Shutter? | * What about killing process trees? Is it possible to manage them with Shutter? | ||
:If not, better add a warning that killing process can have unexpected results; and can even destabilize the system. | :If not, better add a warning that killing process can have unexpected results; and can even destabilize the system. | ||
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| + | I think it would be also better to add that the user can check the names of all running processes in the Task Manager, which is available by pressing ALT+CTRL+DEL. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:25, 5 June 2010
Denis,
A normal user would not know the difference between close window and kill process options.
- When is killing process preferable to closing window, given that it is easier for a user to specify a window's name
- (he can easily read it in the target application's Windows Bar)?
I would have added this, but do not know finer details:
- Often an application has multiple subprocesses. Would killing such a subprocess make sense?
- Also, some applications allow multiple instances; and each of them is a process.
- In such cases, how does a user select a particular instance?
- It would be too much to expect a non-programmer user to understand PIDs.
- What about killing process trees? Is it possible to manage them with Shutter?
- If not, better add a warning that killing process can have unexpected results; and can even destabilize the system.
I think it would be also better to add that the user can check the names of all running processes in the Task Manager, which is available by pressing ALT+CTRL+DEL.