There are a couple changes I think would be improvements on the next revision.

1) I'm often checking event log after benchmarking or when tasks don't seem to fetch new jobs, I would love it if the event log was a tab instead of in the advanced drop down menu. Disk usage is a statistic that I feel should be consolidated into statistics tab, which would free up a tab for event log.

2) I often update projects manually in the projects tab. It would be great if there was an update all button to take effect on your list of projects instead of having to select them individually.

3) Is there an "uptime" indicator anywhere? I'd like to see how long BOINC manager has been running since being started.

Thanks for hearing me out, perhaps someone else has some input to these suggestions.

1) I'm often checking event log after benchmarking or when tasks don't seem to fetch new jobs, I would love it if the event log was a tab instead of in the advanced drop down menu. Disk usage is a statistic that I feel should be consolidated into statistics tab, which would free up a tab for event log.

It used to be a tab, but as per BOINC 6.12 this has been replaced by the Event Log, due to the result of a poll on what new-comers found most difficult about BOINC. High on the list was the messages tab, which was perceived as showing all errors, and what did the user do wrong this time? So it was hidden from sight.

I find it quite useful to have the ability to have the messages side-by-side with the actual tasks tab, better than switching around all the time, having to scroll back again to where I was in the list, etc. But that's personal.

2) I often update projects manually in the projects tab. It would be great if there was an update all button to take effect on your list of projects instead of having to select them individually.

You can select one or more projects simultaneously in the same way as you do in the OS, by selecting one project and while holding either Shift or CTRL, select the next project(s).

In my humble opinion, an Update All button would only confuse, as the actual contact is not going to be going out to all selected projects at the same time, BOINC will do it one after another. Your internet connection might be overwhelmed or seen as a DDoS point if it were to do all at the same time. And mind, it may be doable when you have only 3 projects added, but as in my case with over 55?

3) Is there an "uptime" indicator anywhere? I'd like to see how long BOINC manager has been running since being started.

The Event Log shows when BOINC was started. If no longer in the event log, it will have been stored in stdoutdae.txt in the BOINC data directory. BOINC Manager is no more than a graphical user interface, making it easy for you to command and control the BOINC client. It doesn't do any of the command decisions, such as when to run what, or which project downloads work next, that's all done by the BOINC client.

However, there is a file called time_stats_log which shows all starts, connections and such that happened since the inception of the file. The times are in Unix time, so you may want to use a Unix time convertor.

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A simple advanced option under view allowing you to enable the Messages tab would have been far superior IMHO to the Event Log being the way it is today...