microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
Provide blinking lights or other animation for network traffic in new dock performance section
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CmdPal - Dock
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Product-Command Palette
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- C
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Description
### Description of the new feature / enhancement
small, discrete blinking lights or other animation in the network traffic indicators.
### Scenario when this would be used?
Sometimes we just want to know at a glance how busy an interface is without having to focus on the numbers.........
### Supporting information
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating the new dock performance section and reviewing how its network traffic indicators receive and display data. Define the animation behavior and verify that it gives a clear at-a-glance indication of interface activity without requiring attention to the numeric values.
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Assessment
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100