splashscreen

[Sven Langkamp]

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Dmitry Kazakov <dimula73 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Krita never had a splashscreen, originally because Patrick Julien's goal
>> was to make krita startup so fast that the splash would be invisible anyway.
>> We discussed this over the years, and having a splash screen is a good way
>> to engage with the community: it offers a showcase for mascots, version
>> identity and an opportunity for contests. So I added a splashscreen today.
>> It's simple, and indeed disappears pretty quickly.
>>
>> The current splash is intentionally ugly, so I hope it'll be replaced soon
>> :-)
>>
>
> I've not seen the new splashscreen yet. The only thing I know about
> splashscreens: they mustn't be always-on-top flagged. That is the problem
> Visual Paradigm has. This Java-based monster loads a dozen of seconds, and
> you can't use your PC during this time ;)
>

You can have some window in front of the the splashscreen. The time it needs
to load is also not that long.
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