Agreed, same here. If the app responds, good. If the app doesn't respond, check to see if it ate the computer (i.e., allocated all of swap and is now thrashing)

Agreed, same here. If the app responds, good. If the app doesn't respond, check to see if it ate the computer (i.e., allocated all of swap and is now thrashing). So clicking/other movements are sort of a basic manual health check.