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Eirik Bakke commented on NETBEANS-67:
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If work is done on the splash screen code it would be good to make sure it
works with HiDPI/retina screens. This should not be difficult; since JDK8, any
ImageIcon loaded via "new ImageIcon(URL)" will pick up double-resolution
"@2x"-suffixed images as well (e.g. "[email protected]" when the URL is
"splash.png"), for instance. Note that NetBeans' ImageUtilities.loadImageIcon
does _not_ yet support this as far as I know.
I agree with Emilian's comment that the splash screen should really just be a
static image--it's less work, less code, and has the advantage of loading the
splash screen fast.
> Replace Java SplashScreen with a custom window.
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> Key: NETBEANS-67
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-67
> Project: NetBeans
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: platform - Other
> Reporter: Laszlo Kishalmi
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: MultiMonitor
> Attachments: NetBeans_SplashScreen.png
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> Unfortunately the Java SplashScreen feature is not well maintained. It looks
> really odd on Linux multi-monitor displays trying to arrange the screen on
> the middle of the two monitors. I think the intention of this Java feature
> was to create prompt response to the user on opening a Java application. Well
> disk and hardware get quicker and Java get leaner on load (with Java 9).
> This feature could be replaced by using a custom window instead.
> This would improve on two things:
> - Placement of the Splash Screen could be really multi-monitor aware
> - There is a flicker on startup for those who are upgrading from dev/release
> candidate to final release. The first image says developer version then it
> updates to release
> I'm trying to work something out. Though there is some chance to have some
> interference with the platform branding.
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