suggestion for disk map

[anonymous_user]

Currently it looks like thin lines. I think it would look nicer if squares were used instead or if the lines were thicker.

[jeroen]

Thanks for sharing your idea, I appreciate it!

[anonymous_user]

Another thing: I just read that JkDefrag "uses the bottom left corner of the screen as the start of the hard drive". I didnt know this and it seems awkward to me. The top should signify the beginning of the disk.

[jeroen]

The top should signify the beginning of the disk.

To each his own, I suppose. Most other defragmenters use the top-left for historical and programmatic reasons (it's simply easier to use the top-left). But  then the data on the disk seems to "float" above the empty space. It may seem silly, data doesn't care about gravity, but I find the current screen more natural and less awkward.

[Lutzifer]

i totally agree with you there and think it s way more natural to do it your way.
It took me only like two seconds to figure that one out on my own by looking at the disk-map and it feels just right to me.
Or put another way, if you imagine your monitor-screen laying flat in front of you (like one of those touch-screen computers) the first part in the jkdefrag-map is nearest to you and that makes the most sense to me (like a glass being filled from the bottom to the top).
The only better way imho is to make a circular map like one of the cooler commercial defraggers, dont remember its name atm.

edit: if you ever change anything drastically gui-wise, you could make different display options of  the disk-map organisation (circular would be my request there but i guess thats much harder to get right than just changing the orientation upside down)

[schitzn]

Top or Bottom, that is the question.   I've never used a bottom up defragger before, at first I thought jkdefrag was doing it all wrong.  I adapt easily.  The only whinge I have is that the taskbar sometimes blocks zone1 and beginning of zone2 if another process is flashing in the taskbar.

The block appearance instead of lines mentioned in post #1 means you loose detail of the condition of the disk, one block to represent % of sectors.  I prefer to retain detail, something the other defraggers fail to do.

[chezz444]

Currently it looks like thin lines. I think it would look nicer if squares were used instead or if the lines were thicker.

In the earlier versions of Windows Defragmenter ( I don't know exactly when, about Windows 98 ), the data were represented in squares too and it looked rather cluttered with a whole " sea of data" .

[adric]

Currently it looks like thin lines. I think it would look nicer if squares were used instead or if the lines were thicker.

I too would prefer squares. IMO this would give JKDefrag a better look and feel to it. Something similar to the way DiskView uses squares would be really be neat.

Al

[JDPower]

I much prefer the display as it is now, IMO big blocks just give too vague a representation of the data on the disk.

What would work great would be if you could use the display in a similar way to DiskView, ie to be able to highlight an area and see what file it is, maybe with zooming abilities too. I know it's unlikely but would be cool all the same (would save firing up Diskview after a defrag to see what file has been left in free space etc when it happens)

[RJARRRPCGP]

IMO, should use a 1 cluster per block map.

[jeroen]

IMO, should use a 1 cluster per block map.

My 150 gigabyte harddisk has 39071999 clusters. I have a 1680x1050 widescreen monitor, that's 1764000 pixels. At 1 pixel per cluster the harddisk is 22 times bigger than my screen.

[JDPower]

IMO, should use a 1 cluster per block map.

My 150 gigabyte harddisk has 39071999 clusters. I have a 1680x1050 widescreen monitor, that's 1764000 pixels. At 1 pixel per cluster the harddisk is 22 times bigger than my screen.

LOL, good point, well put 

[RJARRRPCGP]

OO OK! Then there should be a feature to change the clusters per block via a zoom in and zoom out.

Or use at least 50 clusters per block.

[JamesOff]

I think JKDefrag should concentrate on moving files around the disk in the best possible manner Mesmerising as watching a defrag is, I don't do it because it's pretty to look at.

[throx]

I think a fractal walk would look the best - that way blocks that are logically near each other on the screen are near each other on the disk!