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Songbird should have a splash screen
Songbird has a pretty slow start up time, and when i show people Songbird for the first time, they double click the yellow little bird, and then because there is no window popping up, they double click a few more times. My solution to this is a splash screen. That way people will know Songbird is starting up, and the start time will feel shorter (even though if it's not). As a feather developer, i also might as well add that the Splash screen should be skinnable :)
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This is possible with Splash! Add-on who is compatible with Songbird :) :
https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox...
(You will need to bump maxVersion or use Nightly Tools)
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Inappropriate?I'm hoping that Songbird gets fast enough that people don't have to wonder whether they actually clicked the icon or not. But I still don't like splash screens all that much because they aren't very useful; they just let you know what the program is loading up while you wait. Like with Firefox, I am used to waiting a few seconds for it to open, and I just do something quick in the meantime while I wait for it. I wish instead that Songbird could draw the window immediately and just show the contents of your library as it loads them, but I don't know if that would be possible.
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Inappropriate?This is possible with Splash! Add-on who is compatible with Songbird :) :
https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox...
(You will need to bump maxVersion or use Nightly Tools)
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Thanks. I guess it should be an add-on. Honestly though, if people don't like it then they can always disable it. I'm yet to see an application that won't let you disable the splash.
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Glad it works! That's what makes Songbird (and Firefox) so great. The app does not need to be cluttered with these types of "features", If a feature is needed/wanred, an extension will more than likely be available. Keeping Songbird functional and LIGHTWEIGHT is what matters. Not integrating a splash feature that can easily be incorporated via an extension.
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i only said to have a splash screen because it's slow. If Songbird was fast, then i wouldn't have proposed it. You see what I'm getting at? Anyways, it's great that there's an extension for it, because it looks like not many people want a splash screen :P
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Inappropriate?I hate this idea. Any app that has a splash screen, I tend not to use. Yes, as said above, if Songbird would actually start quickly, a splash would not be necessary.
If such a splash screen is implemented, I would hope an option to have it on or off would be available. Better yet, some smart extension designer could design a splash extension fully compatible with Songbird..
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Inappropriate?I think that having a splash screen isn't really necessary, a slightly faster start up would be better. Although I am only experiencing a few short seconds before Songbird starts chirping.
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does this mean Songbird is going to have a splash screen?
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Unless there's an option to turn it off, I hope not.
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I'm real sorry about that Uncle Spellbinder. Start time is just so slow on my system. I'm confident that there will be an option to turn it off though. And just out of curiosity, do you happen to use any applications that use a splash screen? And why do splash screens irritate you so much?
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I see them as nothing more than eye candy that really serve no purpose. I have no problem waiting for a program to start. I sure don't need something popping up before the program starts telling me it's starting. I know it's starting because I started it. It also makes me feel that if they had spent as much time implementing a splash screen, that time would have been better spent making the app actually start quicker.
I use Acid PRO 7 and it has the option to turn it off. Several other apps have this option as well. I would hope that the Songbird devs would have the foresight to include the option to turn it off. -
Inappropriate?Weird, Songbird has no wait time on startup for me... maybe it goes faster if firefox is already running
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I'm VERY agree !
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Inappropriate?How about a splash before the player starts? because sometimes, depending on how fast is the machine, or which OS you have, it could take a while to load the player. Dunno, a "Loading" like adobe has in their suite.
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
Splash at starup.
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Inappropriate?On slow computers songbird might take a long time to load (over 40s to open the window and some more until it starts responding on my new EeePC 1005HA netbook).
Many times, when I use the touchpad to open it I don't even know if it is loading or the touchpad didn't respond.
Add a loading screen tot he program, something to say "yes it is loading, hold on". Something nice, like the songbird hatching from an egg, spreading its wings and starting to sing. No huge animation, just 4-5 little images.
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Add a Loading screen.
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