> > > If that config parsing appers to be a problem, we can always move
> > > the 'needed early' config like those positions into a special config
> > > file which becomes loaded first. We can show the window then, and
> > > proceed loading the rest of the config, and do whatever we need to.
>
> So these 5 (just a guess) values from the config pose the problem ? (X,
> Y coordinate, width, height and language) I don't know how well this
> solution blends, but yet another splash screen is bad IMHO.
Apart from this, we first need to load the correct profile. And this does
take some time - reading the config file, examining possibly stuck
ports...
> As we already have tkcximage loaded (a real "splash" would use it too I
> guess to have something nice looking possible), what about just a simple
> animation of like 6 frames, like a bar that goes:
Or ... an earth spinning? :) Or something that will show the user that the
program is alive. I agree with the idea: as long as it's moving, it's
loading, alive, leave it alone, if there's an error print it underneath...
My 2€¢
Vivia
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