Generic splash screen class?

[Chris Howells]

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Hi,

A few of the apps (such as the kde-edu stuff) use a splash screen, and as far 
as I know these are all implemented differently since there is no provision 
for splash screens in kdelibs. While I personally detest splash screens (take 
the OpenOffice.org one for a good example of being absolutely crap since it 
stays on the screen for 1.5 minutes and prevents me from doing _anything_), I 
wonder whether it would be a good idea to add a generic splash screen class 
to kdelibs.

Some of the advantages I can think of

* Would lead to less code duplication/bugs/wasted development time

* Would be easy to turn off splash screens on a global basis if they are not 
liked

* If it disappeared in the same way as ksplash when clicked, it could be less 
annoying

Some of the disadvantages

* May encourage more people to use splash screens in apps, although this may 
not matter too much if they can be easily turned off globally.

Thoughts?

- -- 
Cheers, Chris Howells -- chris at chrishowells.co.uk, howells at kde.org
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