From: msevior_at_physics.unimelb.edu.au
Date: Mon Mar 29 2004 - 07:17:11 EST
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> On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Tomas Frydrych wrote:
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>> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 07:25:28 +0100
>> From: Tomas Frydrych <tomasfrydrych_at_yahoo.co.uk>
>> To: abiword-dev_at_abisource.com
>> Subject: splash screen
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>> I really love Ryan's new splash screen; I would like to suggest to
>> make this the official splash screen.
>>
>> see it at http://www.ryand.net/oss/abi/splash.png
>
> My only problem is the version number.
> In the past version numbers on graphics have not been updated.
>
> If the version number and or build date could be generated by a script and
> automatically superimposed on the image I'd be a lot happier about it.
>
> Since Gnome supports startup notifcation (and KDE has done for ages too)
> and since Abiword is still extremely fast shouldn't we disable the splash
> screen because there is no techinical reason for having it? The marketing
> reasons that Sourcegear had for using it seem moot at this point.
>
> We will always have the About dialog for people to put nice artwork in
> (when I was just a beginner I thought the about dialog was the most
> pointless feature ever, as it actually tells you so little ABOUT the
> program although most programs are smart enough to use it to provide
> useful information like version numbers and build dates so I have come to
> accept that it isn't a total waste of space like a splash screen).
>
Marketing is just as important now as it's ever been. We have serious
competition in the Free Software Word Processing biz and should use every
opportunity to promote ourselves.
I like the new splash screen too. It would be great to somehow get the
swoosh in there too.
Cheers
Martin
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