I've taken the feedback down, I will follow up on this. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO4+-+Application+And+Launcher
Agree less is better. I think there is a better way to recognize contributors such as a hyperlink in the about screen. Much like credits, it can be updated between releases as well. Samer Mansour On Mar 26, 2013 6:02 PM, "Hagar Delest" <hagar.del...@laposte.net> wrote: > Le 26/03/2013 15:05, Rob Weir a écrit : > >> But I think we should align with the user's thinking at this point. >> They've launched OpenOffice, presumable *to do a task*. They are not >> researching the license. They are not looking to find out the list of >> OpenOffice contributors. They have work to do and the splash screen >> is only a delay for them. So I'd keep it simple and focus mainly on >> reassuring the user that they are in the right place, i.e., confirm >> what app they are loading and that it actually is loading. >> > > +1. > Keep it simple. Any complicated animation (like MSO for example) could > make the user think that the resource is used for a splash screen he > doesn't care about. Just load the application, that's all. > However, the progress bar is a good hint to show how the loading is going. > > Something that could be improved: the splash screen is a real help for the > user since he knows that the application is actually loading. It should not > disappear until the start center or the document is displayed. Today, there > is a gap and the splash screen disappear before AOO is displayed. What's > the problem you would say: when there is a problem, the splash screen > disappears and then nothing... So the user is lost: what happened? This is > not that rare in the forum. At least if the splash screen is still on > display and freezes, it clearly tells that there is a problem. > > Hagar > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > dev-unsubscribe@openoffice.**apache.org<dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
