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Re: Should Cocoa Apps have splash screens at all ?
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Re: Should Cocoa Apps have splash screens at all ?


  • Subject: Re: Should Cocoa Apps have splash screens at all ?
  • From: Scott Ribe <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:28:53 -0600
  • Thread-topic: Should Cocoa Apps have splash screens at all ?

> ...discourages the use of splash screens unless it takes
> awhile for your app to load.  In such cases, if your app is
> unresponsive for too long, the user may believe that something has
> gone wrong.

I wrote a non-document-based app that loaded so quickly that users just
would sit and wait, not noticing that the menu bar had changed an instant
after they double-clicked. So I added a splash with a 1-second delay;
problem solved ;-)

--
Scott Ribe
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http://www.killerbytes.com/
(303) 722-0567 voice


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