On Dec 8, 2010, at 7:38 AM, Jason Bobier wrote: > Hey Dave, > > I'm talking about the Carbon equivalent of processLaunchDate in the > ProcessInfoExtendedRec. This is the actual date & time that the process > launched. > > I want to use it to give my game's splash screen a consistent amount of time > on screen. Here's how: > > I set the Default.png to the splash screen and immediately show the same > image when my app launches. I then check the launch date to determine how > much time it has shown and add x number of seconds to that.
Don't do that. From <http://developer.apple.com/library/safari/#documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/MobileHIG/IconsImages/IconsImages.html%23//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40006556-CH14-SW1>: Supply a launch image to improve user experience; avoid using it as an opportunity to provide: • An “application entry experience,” such as a splash screen • An About window • Branding elements, unless they are a static part of your application’s first screen Because users are likely to switch among applications frequently, you should make every effort to cut launch time to a minimum, and you should design a launch image that downplays the experience rather than drawing attention to it. > So Default.png is not suppose to be a splash screen, and you're suppose to strive to make it go away as fast as possible - not figure out ways to display it for longer... Glenn Andreas [email protected] The most merciful thing in the world ... is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents - HPL _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
