Hi Raoul, Seems like a good idea, and the proposed changes seems fine to me. I suppose these changes should be made in the webengine branch?
BR, Tomas man. 28. jan. 2019 23.11 skrev Raoul Snyman via openlp-dev < [email protected]>: > Hey everyone, > > I saw another case of users getting confused between the *splash screen* > and *default image* recently, and I want explain the problem and propose > some changes to decrease the confusion. First, let me explain the > difference between the two. > > The *splash screen* is the initial OpenLP logo that shows up when you > start OpenLP. The goal of the splash screen is to show users that the > application is actually responding when they start it. A number of > applications, OpenLP included, take a while to start up, and don't show > up immediately, and showing the splash screen as soon as possible helps > to prevent users from trying to start the application multiple times > because it doesn't seem to be starting the first time. > > The *default image* is the logo that shows up on the live display screen > when OpenLP first launches. > > I'm not entirely sure what the source of the confusion between these two > screens is, but I think it has something to do with the following facts: > > 1. There's an option in the settings to hide the splash screen. > 2. There's an option in the settings to change the "default image" on > the display screen. > 3. We currently have no feature to show the default image again (aka > "logo screen"). > 4. When you start OpenLP on a computer with only 1 monitor for the first > time, the display screen covers the main window, and the splash screen > logo perfectly covers the default image on the display screen. > > I'd like to propose the following changes, in the hopes that they will > help to alleviate the confusion: > > 1. Remove the option to hide the splash screen. I doubt anyone who > actually knows what this does actually uses it, and 99% of applications > out there that also have a splash screen do not have this option. > 2. Rename the "default image" to "Logo screen" > 3. Add the ability to "Show logo screen" (alongside Blank/Desktop/Theme) > 4. Go over our screen code again to prevent the display from showing up > on a computer with only a single monitor (this one is really tricky if > we want to continue to support single-monitor setups). > > > Thoughts? Ideas? Comments? Criticism? > > -- > Raoul Snyman > +1 (520) 490-9743 > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > openlp-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openlp.io/mailman/listinfo/openlp-dev >
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