Re: Should Cocoa Apps have splash screens at all ?
Re: Should Cocoa Apps have splash screens at all ?
- Subject: Re: Should Cocoa Apps have splash screens at all ?
- From: Erik Buck <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:16:05 -0400
On Apr 23, 2006, at 7:56 PM, Robert Sesek wrote:
All of the Apple Pro applications (Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro,
DVD Studio Pro, Aperture, and Motion) all have splash screens when
they start up. As do Keynote and Pages. I don't think there's
anything wrong with a splash screen, but unless your application
takes a while to load (to show the user that the application is
actually working or to show what components are loading--a la
Eclipse, Photoshop, etc.) I don't think it really serves a purpose.
I am sure you are correct about the general uses of splash screens.
However, neither Keynote nor Pages has a splash screen when I start
them. We do agree that a sheet on an initial document is not a
splash screen don't we ? What am I doing differently ?
Just for some other random data points, the following Apple
applications (all of them in my Applications folder) do NOT have
splash screens:
GarageBand (does say loading for a second or two but no other
splashiness)
iCal
iChat
iDVD
Image Capture
iMovie HD
Internet Connect
iP6600D Memory Card Utility
iPhoto
iSync
iTunes
Pages
Keynote
Mail
Preview
QuickTime Player (Does load a default and annoying movie)
Safari
Sherlock
Stickies (Does show useless initial stickies windows)
System Preferences
TextEdit
A random sample of applications in /Applications/Utilities does not
reveal any applications with splash screens.
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