Trevor's right, programs should simply load in less time than it takes to cue the user that they're loading. In general, there are ways of making a lot of initialization info cached on disk anyway, and most other initialization could happen in the background _after_ the interface is brought up, or on demand the first time a feature is used. Then the splash screen can be relegated to being tucked away inside the "help/about" box. Since we're not shareware we don't even have to use it as a nag screen to pay...
Dave At 06:27 PM 10/27/2001 +0000, Trevor Jenkins wrote: >On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Chris Little <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > "Why have a splash screen at all?!!!" > > > > Splash screens are a visual cue that the program is loading. > >You've missed the point. The end-user should not have to be told that the >program is loading at all. Only the minimum amout of initialisation should >be done so that the program is ready less that 2 seconds after the load >request is made. :-| Yes, that's right :-| > >Regards, Trevor > >British Sign Language is not inarticulate handwaving; it's a living language. >Support the campaign for formal recognition by the British government now! >Details at http://www.fdp.org.uk/ or http://www.bsl-march.co.uk/ > >-- > ><>< Re: deemed!
