Jaxbot Releases TaskViewer Homebrew App, Android Owners Feel Right at Home

In the Android world, there's a huge debate between users over the use of task managers. Some firmly believe that Android was designed to let programs run in the background because it is self-sufficient without the need of user management; others say that Android lets programs run without proper management and could result in the weak battery life or slow performance of phones. Luckily for us Windows Phone owners, we don't have to deal with any of that because we know Windows Phone is self sufficient. But just in case you're the type of person who is a teeny bit paranoid and wants to see exactly what their phone is up to at all times, Jaxbot has stepped in to fill that void.

Jaxbot, the same mastermind behind the amazing Multitask7 homebrew app, has taken to XDA-Developers Forums to unveil TaskViewer. Here's his description of the app:

Here's what it is. I was curious to see how WP7 handled memory usage and running applications, and this program made it much easier to view this information in a convenient manner. After some cleaning, I figured I'd share it with you guys, and see if anyone has some suggestions. No, this is not a task manager, as I don't know how to get around the privilege issue. But once I do, I'll be sure to update it.

Also, it served as a basis to experiment with background threads. If you have dehydration enabled, I've programmed it to listen for the VolUp/VolDown combination. If detected, it'll bring up a message box in any running application with the current memory information.

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Features:
-Displays memory load and total physical memory
-Displays device uptime
-Lists all running processes
-Displays a message over the current application with memory load information upon pressing VolUp+VolDown (dehydration hack must be enabled)

If you want to join your Android brethren and start watching your tasks (even though you can't actually manage them) then visit the thread on XDA-Developers for the download and check out the video above.

Source: XDA-Developers