splashscreen

[Boudewijn Rempt]

On Friday 22 July 2011 Jul, Sven Langkamp wrote:
> 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.
> 

Yes, the only reason it's hard currently to place a window in front of the splash is that the time it's shown is so short :-)

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Boudewijn Rempt
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