If you ping me on IRC after Christmas, I will see if I can get my hands on Marcos' example code.
Kenneth On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Max Waterman <max.water...@intel.com> wrote: > On 23/12/13 19:34, Kenneth Rohde Christiansen wrote: >> >> I think that is why there should be some max time before initial >> layout finished, like say 300ms. If the app didn't finish initial >> layout at that time the window will show anyway. That way you should >> have time to show a simplified UI of your app, or a splashscreen (done >> with JS + some background picture etc), and badly behaved apps will >> still show up quickly, though their use experience won't be that good. >> >> Also when creating a splashscreen you most often want it to fade >> nicely into your read UI. That is what happens on iOS and is possible >> to do with creating the splashscreen manually using JS and HTML/CSS > > > Agreed :) I look forward to implementing this. > > I did an optimisation such as you describe for the 01.org scientific > calculator - rendered the basic calculator UI with all the buttons greyed > out, then went about doing the heavy lifting by loading the extra js, css, > html and what-not, and only then enabling the app. IMO, it worked much > better than a splash screen - it's true that this was an easier optimisation > for this app than might be for others, but I think similar principles apply. > > Max. > > >> >> On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Max Waterman <max.water...@intel.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> On 23/12/13 17:50, Kenneth Rohde Christiansen wrote: >>>> >>>> A combination of those two methods might be a better solution, or >>>> could at least be researched. >>> >>> >>> IMO, that sounds like a much better solution. >>> >>> Splashscreens always seemed like a bit of a cludge to me - just covering >>> up >>> slowness that should be made faster or removed completely. >>> >>> I do wonder how it would look to a user though - if the app is >>> particularly >>> slow to start, then it will look as if the user hasn't tapped the app >>> icon >>> properly and result in him/her tapping multiple times? >>> >>> Worth looking into, though, for sure. >>> >>> I hope someone is looking into how to minimise the time from the first >>> tap >>> on the app's icon to the app actually starting - imo, that's the real >>> issue. >>> >>> Max. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Crosswalk-dev mailing list >>> Crosswalk-dev@lists.crosswalk-project.org >>> https://lists.crosswalk-project.org/mailman/listinfo/crosswalk-dev >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Crosswalk-dev mailing list > Crosswalk-dev@lists.crosswalk-project.org > https://lists.crosswalk-project.org/mailman/listinfo/crosswalk-dev -- Kenneth Rohde Christiansen Web Platform Architect, Intel Corporation. Phone +45 4294 9458 ﹆﹆﹆ _______________________________________________ Crosswalk-dev mailing list Crosswalk-dev@lists.crosswalk-project.org https://lists.crosswalk-project.org/mailman/listinfo/crosswalk-dev
