On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 05:47:39PM +0200, Daniel Haude wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 11:03:41 +0200, Daniel Pekelharing > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I want to implement a simple startup splash screen for my app, a simple > > border-less window with an image which displays for a few seconds... > > > > It's really nothing complicated to implement, just a simple timer to > > close the window or something like that.. > > This is not the way to do it. The function of a splash screen is to > entertain/inform the user while the application performs some necessary > start-up functions, not to keep him from working while a no-op timer runs > out. > > If your application doesn't have a sufficiently lengthy startup time, > don't make a splash screen.
And if it has lengthy startup time, think about shortening it first. Yeti -- Anonyms eat their boogers. _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
